yotwehc posts as he does.
I think I see an attempt to marginalise him, and by extension, his opinions.
I may be wrong.
We are a tiny forum now, and I think we need voices who disagree, or who offer contrary opinions.
In a group of people so small, it is good to have a voice who challenges and tries to burst bubbles.
I believe yotwehc, or chewy, has the best interests of the game at heart.
I believe the people he argues with the most also have the best interests of the game at heart.
I believe that these two things are not unconnected.
Sometimes arguments are reduced to scoring points. yotwehc scores a lot of points.
But at the cost of perpetuating the argument. Sometimes unnecessarily.
This is how both sides lose track of the fact that they both want the game to thrive.
Both sides start to want to win.
An argument.
On the internet.
LOL.
So, I accept yotwehc as a bubble bursting contrarian on the forums.
We need one - he is it.
We should have more than one.
That is a problem, the real problem.
The forum has lost its variety. I saw a thread recently.
It talked about the 10 usual voices. I could not disagree. I suppose I am one of them.
I want the game to thrive.
I do not believe marginalising voices we do not agree with is the way to make that happen.
You may disagree, as is your right.
As for this buff - maybe the interface is not reflecting what is happening.
Hopefully Hoof/HCS will clarify this coming week.
I'm going to say this to finish.
I don't recall a campaign to disable Co-ordinated Attack.
I don't recall a campaign to remove Smashing Hammer.
My memory may be failing me though. Some farsighted souls may have spoken out.
However. If we'd had more contrarian voices then, maybe we could have avoided having these buffs, that effectively ended the challenge of PvE hunting, added to the game.
Instead most players just loved the stat boosts and did not care about tomorrow.
Business as usual.
We, or rather HCS, need more yotwehcs, not fewer.
Edited by Belaric, 04 July 2016 - 07:33.