>First, it's not true that the majority of our changes make
>the game more difficult. Look over the Announcements board.
>Review the MOTD and related helpfiles.

No, you're right - that was kind of a low blow. I guess the punishing changes just stick in the mind a little more.

>
>Third, and most importantly for me, it would be the functional
>opposite of distention. Distention says "You're the guy with
>all the marbles, so we'll turn up the difficulty for you."
>Your idea says "You're the guy with all the marbles. Here.
>Have some free extra stuff." Rich get richer, poor get ganked
>on Eastern.
>

And.. sometimes I wish I could talk to imms face to face. I think you're probably a pretty smart guy, but.. I think we're just having a miscommunication or something. I genuinely am confused as to how you're drawing these conclusions, Valg.