YOU got RID of CAVE darkness? no, no, no..

Read more carefully. It has been removed only for non-gold servers. Anyway, one couldn't use there lanterns, so what's the point?

 

Because Lanterns.

edit: it has nothing to do with "money"

 

Not even close to the same thing.

You can't see shit in the darkness in free mode. In gold you have lanterns to light up the darkness. Darkness with no lights is OP. You should seriously consider putting more thought into your statements.

 

>Lanterns are OP

okay. you win. Your logic is infallible.

 

The thing is. The thing is. The thing is.

Darkness is intended to pair with lanterns. That's why quarters come with built in light sources, that's why there are even light sources in the game. If you can't make individual lanterns, like in the Classic mode, there is no point having darkness as it has been around.
Previously, the original shadow system worked just fine, if not better for the Classic element. You can still tunnel, it's just it becomes the good ol' hectic atmosphere that players were used to. It genuinely is better when playing on the non-gold servers.

Now, you put forward several things that were lost due to the update. Let's just go through these gently but firmly, shall we?

Underground castle invasions / Enemies invasions - I'm pretty sure you can still dig underground. On Classic servers you can see tunnels progress on maps. It's never really been a secret tactic, and even then it is still possible.
Hidden spike traps - I'll admit, you can't hide spikes as you used to underground, but this isn't a conclusive blow to the gameplay. Most of the time, the Classic players simply use pits, which are easy to avoid anyway. On Gold servers, this will be entirely unaffected, especially considering Gold players are generally more committed to the game, and learn this sort of trap.
Hidden underground bases - Again, I refer to the point that, on classic servers, there is a goddamned map. Nothing is really hidden, because it all shows up on the map.
Hiding / Stealth - This is something particularly dear to my heart. In Classic KAG, you can only loosely define stealth. Anything built 'stealthily' can be seen on the map, buildings and tunnels. Moving about causes great clouds of dust visible on the surface. You have always had to be skilled to be stealthy. And you still can be.
You see, before the lighting update, I still thrived as a stealthy player. Archers in particular can hide in the slight shadow in corners by lying down, in trees, and in corpses. If you are complaining about stealth when it was bloody easy, come back and complain again when you've mastered it whilst it is stuck on 'bloody normal' mode!

Please, please, please don't give me or anyone else shit on how unfair it is to remove premium lighting from the Classic version of KAG. It is entirely fair. That's why there is a distinct seperation between Premium and Classic. If players want the lighting that all the newfags have gotten used to on the Classic servers, then they can buy the game.

 

Firstly, I use my mini-map. It's always there for people to use. If you don't use it, then it's entirely your loss. It is there for a reason.

Secondly, you can still fall into a pit underground. The spikes don't necessarily have to be hidden or not.

Thirdly, I don't know about how you play, but I've always had no problem with stealth underground. Just practice and get good at it, complaining never gets you anywhere.

Finally, and this is an important point: if you don't use your mini-map to search for hidden bases or attack tunnels, and know of few people who do, then they're still hidden, right? If that is the case, then why the hell are you complaining about that? By your logic, hidden bases are still hidden until you can see them on-screen, in which case they wouldn't have been hidden anyway!


The developers always intended that lighting to be premium only. If you played Classic to escape from lanterns, then that was like moving to Botswana to escape from spoons. They're still there, but they may not be evident in as much force as other, more privileged places.
Don't go crying when the update catches up to you.

 

Yup, GT. That's how the original lighting system worked.

 

I've got to say that I felt it worked perfectly well in the original; rather than covering up troop movements and letting people work alone for hours in secret to everyone. Since there is the power to see the sneaking little buggers, it becomes less efficient to try and attack alone, whilst players are driven below ground in order to carry out the defence they can actually see needs happening.

Having said that, the revert seems to have made the underground a little too bright, so that it merely is a reflection of the lighting on the surface.

 

Darkness was meant to go together with lanterns.

And no - there will be never special perks for premium users to get advantage over normal players in classic servers like weapons dealing more damage. Never.
EOT. I'm locking this.