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Yes, because if someone disagrees with YOUR opinion, they must be drinking 'Hateorade'.
That is as lame a thing to say as when people call others 'whining' due to a differing opinion.
Actually no, people who have trouble with the EC, had technical trouble with KR, or simply prefer one client over the other, I have no problem with. I help out where I can, and if it doesn't work, then at least an attempt was made.
The Hateorade people are those who have to turn any and all threads in which the EC is imaged, mentioned, or even remotely discussed into a client-bashing flame-fest. Now I have my thoughts on the 2d client, and I will point out where it is technologically problematic (i.e. resolution issues, the way boats work, etc), but these people are the ones who directly are attacking those who use or discuss the EC and that they're only argument is "I hate it, therefore it should be cancelled". These are the Hateorade types, and they are the ones that have been going into the Ignore filter. I don't mind discussing the problems the EC has (actual problems such as the lowered resolution, bugs, etc), but I simply do not respect the knee-jerk client hate or outright misinformation that gets posted. Plain and simple... "Hateorade" is VERY different than a disagreement... a disagreement has reasonings behind it beyond "It sucks, I hate it" or "If I can't play 2d I'll quit".
Secondly, yes, I FIRMLY realize that I'm in a distinct minority in terms of wanting the KR artwork, but my desire is not without reason.
Quite simply, KR artwork is the easiest way to give a high-resolution option. The KR client had the option to switch to Legacy artwork and look the way that the EC does now (or at least 98% as the terrain has been altered somewhat in EC and the resolution lowered). Since they have the assets, they should have simply swapped the default for that setting to Legacy artwork and given the option to go to KR artwork if so desired so that Legacy (default) would be the low resolution models and 2d item artwork and Enhanced (optional) would be the KR artwork and higher resolution models. Best of both worlds.