This is where people get stuck. we CAN have both. There is nothing that says good looking maps, building, and functioning shaders can't exist in the same game. The only thing preventing this is the effort the developers want to put into the game. some people were actually stupid enough to get convinced that no matter what, it has to be either shaders or maps. People get caught up on "maps" referring to removing shaders entirely and going back to 2004. They wind up thinking it's some kind of terrible feature and actually convinced themselves that it harms the creativity of the game. So when someone says "it would be nice if maps were added back in", everyone tards out and starts spewing BS to try and make it seem like nothing good can ever come from maps.
I like maps, and I like slate too. I'm not going to 'pick a side' between maps or slate. The whole "do you WANT to be stuck in 2004" or "wow i can't believe people prefer graphics over gameplay" side-division thing is stupid. Ultimately, people shouldn't have had to 'pick a side' because the game should have been updated as a whole instead of having features cut and replacements half-assed just so it could look good on steam.
I should have expanded upon the point.
I'm sure there's no reason why we shouldn't be able to have both, should the time and effort be put into developing it. It might not be particularly easy, or I'm sure that avenue would have been thoroughly explored.
But as of the moment we have the ultimatum set by Badspot and Kompressor. We're not allowed both.
We can't have our cake and eat it.
We as a community have no control over what can or will be done.
And I'm sure everyone would love to have both.
But all we can really argue about is what we would prefer given the 'choice' we have.
But, even if the community were to unanimously agree that we want maps back and shaders gotten rid of, we'd not likely get that, because we know that Badspot's opinion on the matter is pretty much settled, regardless of whether it meant he would have to re-develop parts of the game or not.
These topics don't bring anything to the table. And the only discussion available is what would we prefer, if we had a choice. This now, or what we had before.
Unfortunately we can't force Badspot at gunpoint to develop the game continuously until we get an absolutely perfect game we all want.
Really, we can either kick and scream about the situation so far, or we can sit back and respect what Badspot has done so far and hope that we get what we would like in the future. It's just a waiting game for now.
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