I think the sad part is how anyone regardless of play style or personal choice of how they get to the end goal is even being bagged on at all for something they did based on the developers actions and encouragement.
Most just miss the point.
It appears to me that those upset are not whining, but just upset that they invested personal time in something that was intended to be worth something only to find out that the fix made everything about what they had just done worthless with nothing to show for it in return.
Your entire post was eloquently written, and IMHO, spot on. Thank you for wording that so perfectly!
I snipped and quoted the above part just to highlight my sentiments on the issue. I am so bad at PvP, I mean baaaad. In UO, my first online gaming experience, I ran from reds. RAN. When Trammel was introduced, I left Felucca so fast.. and never returned until they made it worth my while to dungeon there (dungeon Shame..ahh, the pk’s!).
In WoW, I was that one player that could get stun-locked seemingly forever, on my hunter, priest, lock or pally! There were PvP achievements that had to be done for the Meta (Violet protodrake, anyone?) that I did (Children’s Week and AV, folks?) and never said boo about. I did it, painful or not because I wanted the reward at the end. I didn’t run to the forums and scream about “x-achievement isn’t fair because I have horrid reflexes, carpal tunnel or because deadly boss mods doesn’t warn me about players!” I did the required task, and I earned my rewards, and I was proud I did it, even if it took many dirt naps.
This was just poor communication. Really poor, and it’s disappointing because my time is worth something even if it’s trivial to someone else.
*edit- I think they also punished those of us who did these achievements the honest way rather than punish all the AFK’ers that just glided through it, and that bites.
There were upset players at my feet and at other platforms, but there was nothing I could do.
