Anybody else missing the Alpha Lobby?

[Mysterious-G]

A common answer I get when I say that I am missing the lobby we had in the alpha stage of the game is "It was too small."

I agree the quest counter area was; however, the shopping district had so much more charm, looked so much more thought-out than what we have right now. Was any reason for changing it given back then? Was that decision also related to size?

Either way, for all that have never seen said lobby before, check this out:



Beautiful, isn't it?
So, anybody else wishing we had this back? .-.

[Arada]

After seeing this video, I don't miss it.

[SakoHaruo]

uhh.. what is there to miss? that shit has terrible design written all over it.

[Ce'Nedra]

As one that never played Alpha I must say I kinda like the shopping area design. It's to small yes but the design itself feels more "warm" to me then what we have now (unless seasonal lobby).

[Resanoca]

Alpha lobbies felt more PSO-ish to me. That aside, the new ones are just too fucking big. Why do we need all this space anyway? Everyone just jams in the same spot, so what's different?

[Zenobia]

When I look at from time to time and this video it did look more futuristic than it does now with the release. Yeah it was small and maybe if we did have this lobby back I guess they could extend it it some places I dunno.

Either both look alright to me and it wouldn't matter which one we got back least to me.

[Hitoshura]

Looks similar to Portable 2's lobby. Looks cozy, but I kinda like how large the current lobby is since it's got hidden rooms and such to hang out in.

[Lostbob117]

Nope.

[Meji]

Alpha lobbies felt more PSO-ish to me. That aside, the new ones are just too fucking big. Why do we need all this space anyway? Everyone just jams in the same spot, so what's different?

I feel the exact way.

I think there's a reason behind the bigger lobbies though. Just imagine how extremely crowded it would be with all the NPC's and other CO dudes hanging around all in one spot.

But, yeah, really miss how the game looked back during Closed Alpha 2.

[Ce'Nedra]

Maybe Sega thought that it would reduce loadtime or something with bigger lobbies because people would spread out more instead of clustering to 1 spot...which still kinda happens during Falz EQ announcements and such.