True, though I think you're oversimplifying things: "changing it drastically" is fairly vague. WOW has changed lots in every version. There are plenty of hold

True, though I think you're oversimplifying things: "changing it drastically" is fairly vague. WOW has changed lots in every version. There are plenty of holdouts that think it's gotten too "easy" since the first expansion, a flaw that has been repeated by every expansion after. Yet WOW has thrived (yes, their numbers peaked, but I've not seen any convincing argument that they have been better off not making the changes they did.) And that's just one example. In my limited experience, EVERY game that is maintained over time gets changes to make it more accessible, and some portion of existing players always bitch. In some cases, they are right (thus your above examples). In others, the masses decide these changes WEREN'T so drastic, and are content. (Or they decide them like them, which automatically makes them non-drastic). And those many examples simply fail to stand out over time, skewing your perception.