[Reddit] Is the grass greener in Aether?

[Bonoki]

Oh no they'll have to make an alt, like everyone has done for the entirety of the genre's history without issue. What a travesty.

I know this is sarcasm, but it's way more complex than that. You can't just remove existing features on this scale without there being backlash. The community would not take that very kindly. It's not as simple as reverting it because, for every person who thinks it's a failure, someone else thinks it's a success. This is a mistake that SE made that we're now stuck with.

[CidHeiral]

You can't just remove existing features on this scale without there being backlash. The community would not take that very kindly. It's not as simple as reverting it because, for every person who thinks it's a failure, someone else thinks it's a success. This is a mistake that SE made that we're now stuck with.

Oh I don't doubt there will be quite a backlash, but choosing between the long term health of the game and short term hurt feelings isn't a difficult choice. I have zero sympathy for anyone upset by the feature being rolled back. If the community had used it responsibility there wouldn't have been a problem, but they didn't. Many chose their own short sighted self interest over everything else. It's no different than using markers in combat. That was a very useful feature but people couldn't control themselves and abused it so it was taken away, spoiling it for everyone.