Honestly, the amount of irony is killing me here. While the game was in a standstill a while back, with no new updates, the amount of people pushing for an update of some kind were vividly active. People wanted to see everything in the game, as far as "hunting", "fighting", "prey" "new models", "New items", "new markings", etc. And now that some update rolls around, although it may not be exactly what some people might have hoped for, ironically, people want the "Old" FH back. I put old in quotation marks because there really is no "old" FH. It's the same game, and always will be.
Let's also not forget that when you look at this issue from a commercial point of view, an update was the only option that totally made sense. I'm sure there are people in the FH community who play other video games, other MMORPGs, etc. Take World of Warcraft for example. If you, as a customer and consumer of a product, where to go out and buy such a game, you'd be satisfied, right? Its a new game, everyone is playing, looks like a lot of fun. Cool. Well, now let's sit down and play this game for...4 years. But during these four years, nothing changes to the game at all. Its the same maps, story line, quests, characters, etc. Again, from a commercial point of view, it is only most likely that the consumer get bored, and take their business elsewhere. But say perhaps somewhere along those four years, an update came out! There are new things to do in the game, and you no longer have to do the same things over and over again. Sure, will you miss the things that were original? Of course! But now, original consumers are now sticking around to play through the new update, and the new up-play of the update has caused a whole influx of new consumers to be drawn to the game and want to play.
I suppose what I am trying to say with the above example, in short, is that any game/product that is released to the general public is going to be due for some updates after a certain amount of time. Updates are inevitable if the provider of the product wants to keep their product alive. Phones get updates, computers, games, programs, houses, cars, etc. Without update, there would be no progression. And without progression, there is no room for anything to improve or get better.
I understand people miss the old maps. Yes, I'm not entirely a crusader. I miss them too. I had a lot of fond memories in them, as I'm sure lots of other people do too. But bringing back the old maps won't bring back the memories in them. Bringing back the old maps would only call for a back step in progress, and perhaps even create more of a reason for users to abandon this game. Memories are just that, memories. All you can do is think back on them, maybe look back at a screenshot or too, and be happy about them. Memories aren't going to keep old users hanging in and new users coming into the game.
Let me also clarify that in no way did I intend to offend anyone. This is purely my opinion, and you can choose to respect it, agree, disagree, or move on. I hope I made sense in explaining the reason/importance of such an update as it makes sense in my own mind.
