Originally posted by rexpiscator:

Seems when you listen to late-game EA users and change things to accommodate them, seems to burn the 'newbie' players...and thus begins the never-ending push/pull to make everyone happy...we all know how this ends.

Just sayin'; don't want to start a few player in a new world and deal with all the events that are now 'default' behavior make things even harder to progress.

Yes; if experience with multiple games over many years is any indication, it ends with the game being rendered unplayable for the casual player or n00b.