Rogean is ... not the type to "back off". In fact, to those of us who have been here awhile, the pet window reversal on Blue was actually kind of shocking.
But as he explained, the reason he "backed off" there was not because of the pressure: he's resisted pressure for a decade. He backed off because both pet windows and custom UI were "gray", or
almost classic: they came out with Luclin, which of course was the first thing after Green's "classic" window. And the plan has always been for Blue to be "Classic+" ... it's just R&N have never elaborated on what that meant, except to imply some kind of custom content.
If you've read Rogean's/Nilbog's posts on the topic, the two are (to put it extremely mildly) not a fan of cats on the moon. They're also not a fan of stuff like easier teleportation mechanisms (eg. spires, PoK books) or soul binders, because while they add convenience, they do so at a cost of reducing player interaction, making the virtual world feel smaller, and really just making it a different game.
The casts on the moon part ... that just seems like personal/subjective/irrational hated they have
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My theory is, they're just still deciding where exactly they want to draw the line on Blue when it comes to stuff that is "gray". They made a call with pet windows and custom UI: they don't fundamentally change the "classic game" in ways they care about. They have yet to make a call about other stuff, like Halfling Rangers and Gnome Shadowknights ... and if I were them, I'd be worried about Green right now, and would make such decisions later on.
Maybe they'll take the well-reasoned arguments made by posters here into consideration when deciding that ... but ultimately:
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