Yeh maybe if I do change it I will just remove the lower level PK maps or something.
I get what you are saying Matty, but I can't be held to ransom by older players that don't like some changes - if nothing ever changed the game would probably have died 2-3 years ago. I'm constantly working on ways to attract and keep new players because without them the game would also die, and unfortunately that sometimes means changing stuff that also affects the older players - no way around it really. Look at it this way - most people would have left anyway for some other reason if it wasn't for some change I made.
I don't think I am dumbing down the game at all. A lot of the stuff I made or put in was very shortsighted and I am slowly but surely trying to correct those mistakes. If that means fixing a bugged system like ITD or correcting stats on armor and skills ruins the game for somebody then they are free to go play something else tbh because I'm really past the point of caring what a few people that just want to be overpowered say about it. I used to worry about it, but it got me nowhere really.
Anyway, not gonna ramble. It's obvious a game needs new players to survive, so yes, I am focussed on that but as you can see from all the new stuff lately, most of it is for max level players or for everyone, not just new players.
Ask yourself this. If the game was how it was 2-3 years ago, would you still be even playing it? Wouldn't you have tired of it years ago? I know I would lol.