I've got nothing but respect for Natural. I know he's a skilled T1 player, and one of the old schoolers. That being said,,,
There's way too much I'm not playing T2 because "" going around.
If your reasoning for disliking the game is because it "feels different", well, yes, it is different.
By the same token, the "heroism" and "grace", that's got more to do with the player, and less to do with the game. Don't get me wrong, I somewhat agree with you on this point. There's a mass exodus from other games, and T2 is the current Ellis Island of the online gaming community. Sooner or later, the "land huggers" will get better, and adjust to our style of gameplay, or they'll go back to the games they came from.
As far as most of your other points, I'll keep my comments to myself, because I'm not posting for the sake of flaming your opinions.
Personally, yes, I'd like to see the scoring go back to the original way, and there are a number of tweaks I'd like to see. But I really can't complain about the game its self. To me, it's lightyears ahead of T1.
Bottom line, it's a new game, with new skill sets. If some of you guys want to continue playing T1, go for it. No one's stopping you. But all the vets that keep popping up and saying I'm not playing T2 because "" is really getting old, and it's getting right on the edge of becoming insulting.
This part is directed to the "I'm not playing T2" posters in general. Again, I'm realy trying not to make this a flame, but please, if you just plain don't want to play it, no problem, no one's holding it against you, but stop bringing it to the forums.