wtf EA? KR graphics were great and you downgraded SA client into pixeled piece of sht graphics. Yes the UI, font and legacy containers function better but atleast keep the KR Graphics system, it looked excellent. 2d looks better now than the 3d client.
The Enhanced Client graphics were severely compromised in at least two attempts to attract people over from Classic Client:
Lower resolution.. people who couldn't physically run KR due to their own performance issues could now run EC,
supposedly. The herd only moves as fast as the oldest and sickest members, so the idea was to support aging machines that had been comfortably running CC for a decade without a problem.
Retro appeal.. they chucked most of the KR art and replaced it with legacy art to lure people who didn't like the new look. People who by and large weren't going to accept anything new in any regard, and hence wouldn't be using the client.
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Obviously it's not all white and black. Some high-spec machines still have issues with EC. Some older machines ran KR fine. Some people like EC function but prefer the legacy look. Some people much prefer the KR look and lament being sent back to the early 1990's.
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As far as EC goes, it would be great to have all legacy options to make migration as comfortable as possible for those who want to make the switch. It already has options for classic containers, legacy targeting, legacy speech, classic macro import, and so on. Add optional paperdolls, avatars, mobs, etc. Of course, these would not scale well if you zoomed in but is that really any worse than now?
And for those who don't want the whole retro experience, put the full KR art back in as an option. This would be a tremendous commitment to the EC, as they have often promised.
As much as I would love to see the developer team entirely given over to EC improvements, I'm also of the opinion they should support CC as long as people still want it. But if you gave them legitimate reasons to want to migrate, maybe the whole new client thing would pay off... this time.