I write this in response to some feature requests threads I read lately.
Here is my thought about suggesting changes in general. People usually express their personal opinion on how the game could change for better for themselves and ask community for support/discussion of their idea. Some people would usually agree and some disagree. And what now? Should such a discussion of limited number of people lead to an actual change that would have impact on everyone? On what basis? I think there should be one rule (for lack of a better word), where everyone suggesting a change should first ask themselves a question. "How does my suggestion impact those, who wouldn't agree with me?" This is crucial! If a change can be ignored by those who wouldn't agree to it, then everything is fine (for example, druids can now wear Ankegh plate, if someone think they shouldn't they aren't forced to wear it.). But if a change would force itself on everyone, even those who don't agree with it, then it just feels wrong! Doesn't it? BG series are established and popular games and one would expect enhanced edition to be at the very least as enjoyable as the old version. One would be very disappointed if EE was to feature change to worse (from their personal point of view). So if the latter was the case, than the proposer should resort to mods, instead of trying to force their opinion on everyone.
So that's about all I wanted to say. I'd just like to inspire people to be more thoughtful about this sort of things.
Here is my thought about suggesting changes in general. People usually express their personal opinion on how the game could change for better for themselves and ask community for support/discussion of their idea. Some people would usually agree and some disagree. And what now? Should such a discussion of limited number of people lead to an actual change that would have impact on everyone? On what basis? I think there should be one rule (for lack of a better word), where everyone suggesting a change should first ask themselves a question. "How does my suggestion impact those, who wouldn't agree with me?" This is crucial! If a change can be ignored by those who wouldn't agree to it, then everything is fine (for example, druids can now wear Ankegh plate, if someone think they shouldn't they aren't forced to wear it.). But if a change would force itself on everyone, even those who don't agree with it, then it just feels wrong! Doesn't it? BG series are established and popular games and one would expect enhanced edition to be at the very least as enjoyable as the old version. One would be very disappointed if EE was to feature change to worse (from their personal point of view). So if the latter was the case, than the proposer should resort to mods, instead of trying to force their opinion on everyone.
So that's about all I wanted to say. I'd just like to inspire people to be more thoughtful about this sort of things.