I don't understand the sentiments for the 'old' days. I was in and out of RO servers since 3.0 I guess. It is a far better game now in many technical aspects. As for the loss of the old community, what is the problem? Those folks are still probably around and you could always start your own 'old farts' servers. I remember plenty of nights logging on to play a round or two and finding barely a dozen players. What kind of fun is that? Yes, 'noobs' are a pain in the @$$ a lot of the time but my god, they at least fill serves and make for more interesting play. And they do learn and become better players with some time and encouragement.
As a new mapper for this game, it does piss me off that people ***** and moan about maps, missing old ones, complaining about this and that.... make your own maps. Stop complaining about old maps and how the custom content isn't what you like. I guess it goes back to being easier to ***** about something than to try to change/improve it.
In my opinion, the retail version suffers from one major flaw: A SERIOUS lack of financial commitment from the publisher to market the game properly. It could and should be twice as popular in player numbers. Second is a community issue and that is the old guard clinging to the old times and basically wishing the rest of us would collectively go away.
