I like old SK better because the game wasn't a cake-walk like it is now.
I just watched an old vanaduke video (not before official launch), and I remember how he used to spawn the skeletons automatically the first time, and how noobs would run into the shadow fire xD
I remember when wolvers were actually a challenge, and alpha wolvers were the bane of many players. Now alphas are easier then regular wolvers.
I remember (recently) how damn annoying devilites could be. They are still annoying, but not as annoying as before.
I remember Retrodes, before they were nerfed into the ground.
I remember before arsenal stations were here, and you actually had to plan for a level.
I remember the Arcade, and people attempting 0-30 runs without dying.
..I remember a lot of things, that were fun and challenging, but now are boring and much too easy.

I miss the time before missions and arsenal stations (long gone).
I miss when alpha wolvers were one of the toughest monsters and when playing in an arcade arena you had to target them first or otherwise you were dead.
I miss un-nerfed monsters (except devilites now they're fair).

I side with Kimahsonite. That's how I look at things...

Vain, check my "Retro UI?" thread in the suggestions forums.

I know that feel bro. Joined sk at launch and absolutely fell in love with it. I spent countless hours in this game, hours I felt were well spent. Now I don't even remember the last time I logged in and even tho I should be long gone by now I continue to stay up to date with sk. It's pretty clear to me now that they are going backwards rather than forward. I had such great expectations for this game, so sad to see that they will never live up to them.

Dementia, you are obviously a newer player or you have never checked the forums before. You seem to have no understanding of the things we miss. If you are newer, you missed out on the best times in SK.

Petitions do NOTHING . New knight creation petition, Shard bomb peition, Shadow Keys, Firo driver ticks, and it goes on.

You get nothing for petitions, and we all know that. That's why we don't do them anymore. We just talk about the things we miss, because they will never be implemented again and SK will continue to deteriorate.

You hit the nail on the head.

@Bzzts

Your sources are flawed. OOO did listen to that Shadow Key petition and made shadow keys buyable directly with CE.

Huh I dont understand people who complain about complainers aren't you the very thing you hate? Just so you know complaining does help maybe not as much as we want it to obv with shard bombs falling on deaf ears but definitely with the new Ui. And you know what I am sad that the game is no longer what it used to be, and guess what you can't tell sadness to just go away thats how I feel and if you have a problem with that is your issue not mine. I might complain again tomorrow and the next day after that Why you ask? Because freedom of speech which reminds me of a quote: "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

If everyone was as annoyed by change as some of the people in these forums were, we would have never advanced to the stage of technology and science we are at now.

If you are truly tranquil and serene, as well as having quit the game, what was the point of even stating that? Also, I wasn't speaking of you directly, don't flatter yourself. Unless you ignore the entirety of the thread, you aren't the only one that's voicing their displeasure.

@ Hexyzle You invalidated my other three examples because of one? Doesn't make sense, petitions don't work as a general rule of thumb.

This is one of those odd posts to see on the forums, where someone actually acknowledges they're being overly nostalgic about the old SK. Most players make threads similar and say they still aren't quitting, and that says a lot about the qualities the game still holds.

One thing I do notice is that many people in the SK community feel violated by the fairly useless or potentially overly-user friendly attempts at revamping some core aspects.In fact, I kinda dub a good chunk of the community "borderline autistic spectrum hate of change" because of it. That is not any kind of slur by the way, that is a literal aspect inhibited by many various degrees of autism, including higher functioning types such as aspergers.

As a relatively newer player, I'm starting to get a feel that these game changing bits are 50/50, maybe I'll get more cynical as I go, but compounds were a bust, gorgos/greavers deal was alright but silly due to the lack of thoroughness in "downsizing" greavers' numbers, and I like the UI revamp personally, since it conforms more to mainstream HUDs and is more natural, but hate the icons update (Short of weapon icons, they had too high of resolution for small size and too much shading applied to icons)

Boy that's a run on.

Anyways, I think these changes make a lot of sense and are even more welcome to newer players, but older players hate to see their nostalgic game tromped over and given these petty "game changers" and it makes sense on both sides, depending on how much you consider per side.