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Originally Posted by Frax  I would think someone would have thrown down some ass beatings on the UI department by now... |
I think its a conscentious effort on the part of blizzard to keep the UI as easy and accessible as possible in its default form.
Or you may call it "non-threatening". It certainly seems to work if you look at the subscriber numbers and especially the number of MMO "first timers".
No, its not just the UI that draws them of course. But I'm willing to bet it plays its part in retention.
While you and I certainly would welcome more options in the default, I think its a sort of "best of both worlds" to allow for a high degree of customizability to appeal to the more MMO savvy crowd.
The LFG looks like the same thing to me. A total MMO newb could probably use it without giving up. I want more options, but I'm guessing we'll see some sweet mods soon that will expand the basic functionality.
Of course none of this excuses long-living bugs or changing the motherfucking script language just enough each patch to break my mods.
