I think GGG should invest in Salt mining

building a big Salt mine after every big patch would get them so much money they could finance another labyrinth.

Honestly, I don't think there has been any other patch that's attracted this much ire.

There was the total conversion of flat mana reservation on auras to % mana reservation, but I can't remember this many people being butthurt over it.

But you're right. It doesn't matter what changes they make, there's always some one who will complain.

Maybe make a new map: Salt Mine. They can throw an ice golem boss into it. Give it the old frost wall interaction and kinetic blast with an icy MTX so it destroys players instantly by throwing a wall in front of them and deleting them with the piercing mechanic.

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AbdulAlhazred wrote:

Honestly, I don't think there has been any other patch that's attracted this much ire.

There was the total conversion of flat mana reservation on auras to % mana reservation, but I can't remember this many people being butthurt over it.

But you're right. It doesn't matter what changes they make, there's always some one who will complain.

Maybe make a new map: Salt Mine. They can throw an ice golem boss into it. Give it the old frost wall interaction and kinetic blast with an icy MTX so it destroys players instantly by throwing a wall in front of them and deleting them with the piercing mechanic.

After that it casts discharge and screams "critical"

The increase in "ire" isn't a function of GGG decisions, it's a result of the rise of "culture warrior" mentality in people. You'll hear right-wingers gripe about SJWs but it's a "bipartisan" issue for the most part. People increasingly believe in the power of internet bullying and its viability as a lever to dictate control over private interests. Consider the recent internet frenzy surrounding No Man's Sky, or the rise of the perpetual Labirynth QQ thread where nothing new is ever said and which is bumped repetitively by QQer and white knight alike.

Fundamentally, our people and especially our social media communities have developed a broad disrespect for the rights of individuals to make their own private decisions. Social media has created a culture where every decision is subject to peer review and a social democratic influence over other people's lives has become expected. Everyone expects to be able to make other people's decisions for them. Even those with who are happy with previous decisions treat this attempt at control-by-peanut-gallery as if it's a serious threat, working to counter it at every turn. This seriousness gives it a veneer of validity; there is an implication that, if not for the gallant defense of white knights, interference would be successful. What the white knight doesn't demand in control, he expects in gratitude.

The sad thing is, all this is starting to have real teeth. The ability to shame people on the internet is more real than ever as social media becomes increasingly workplace-relevant. It's possible now to lose ones job for making comments on the internet some find politically incorrect. The cyber-bullies of 2000s high schools have grown up and moved on to 2010s businesses without a major change in their modus operandi.

Welcome to the age of the digitally assembled, social media aware lunch mob. And it doesn't get better... it gets worse.