Err Secrets, you forget that Channeling always works on Live ! That's a big plus ! (OK, just kidding there)
The "Rest", "In Fight" state.
The task system and the quest journal.
Evolving items.
Power sources and such.
I nearly forgot, tons of new zones to toy with !
I have just started a new character to see what Live is these days and there are indeed improvements in game mechanics. I do not know/remember of what else has been introduced (bank guilds ?) but surely there is more.
All that may not be essential, but they are many little pluses that could be put to good use by world builders (not necessarily as Live does mind you). You cannot honestly say that Live has not improved since Titanium. May be you can say the world additions suck, but additional game mechanics in the game client are always good.
May be your goal is "merely" to replicate what was available as the time Titanium was released (or before), but then what will you do when you are there ? Play it for the rest of your life ? Think about Cavedude who is going to be without a goal in a few years ! As a comparison my main interest in EQEmu is having a powerful and interesting game engine in my hands to build whatever I want with it. I really like the EQ mechanics/world setting, that is why I am here and not on WoWEmu.
I can see how switching to a new client version would be a crazy dream engineering-wise. But if it were to happen we would have many more things at our disposal. Very hard and discouraging to do, I am with you on that, just a hassle I do not aggree.
PS: I am not targetting you specifically here, but talking to everyone thinking Live only added junk. There is junk, OK, but there is also useable stuff.
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