Now that I've had time to think this change over a bit I thought I'd chime in for what it's worth (the answer to that question is precisely a little less than zero
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Right off the bat I'll just say that the increased time limit puts a rather large crimp in my style, I enjoyed switching sides once, twice, sometimes three times a night on the longer AH-sessions. There are folks that I like to fly with on all three countries and as people logged on or off, or as the fight moved I like to be more or less free to follow it.
I have to assume that something over time has changed, while HTC makes changes, some of them very dramatic changes I don't for a minute believe that they make knee-jerk or arrive at a decision without thought and debate on the subject, remember the stakes for them are a lot higher than anyone else here.
I'm also aware that not too long ago some OTHER changes were made that I for the most part agreed with. For the record I liked the split arenas, ENY, etc. Then there was also much gnashing of teeth, and I remember what my response was to that contingent of players at the time. It also seems that their posts sound a lot like some of the posts in this thread, so while I don't like it I plan to sit back see how things play out and do my best to find the fun.
OK I'm done rambling (for now).