Death penalty and idol timer did tons to prevent zerging so I really don't get what you idol nerf proponents are saying. If people were complianing that idols are so necessary for bossing mabye Otm should have made a POSITIVE change to improve survivabity and not a NEGATIVE one to nerf the only thing that helps! They just prove that their duct tape to fix everything is a nerf gun when it really just makes the game more unplayable.
A game should never change the minimum requirements to play that is just absurd. If I buy everquest and I meet the minimum req I sure as heck don't want to be excluded later because they change them after investing significant time and money into it. Same here. If they want to change the engine make a sequel to do it end of story anything different from that is blatant stealing as these players can't even log on.
Re: The blame game
#11A Mage is like a Lamborghini, You don't get one as your first car or daily driver and there are cheaper cars that go faster and are more comfortable anyway.