When someone says an umbrella was rare:

:,)

I can't agree with that.

Okay. But I like this style better than the old one, and I'm a people.

the graphics team now is like 20x more talented

so you're saying literally nobody likes the new style..?

It's not just black and white. Some people like it, some dont, and some are between those two. Im inbetween the two, probably since I started in 2010 and I was used to how classic was back then. So while I do think the outdoor tiles on the tileset could use a little more detail since the overworld (imo) looks kinda plain, I don't dismiss the new style as bad. I do like a good share of the hats that come out, the horses (mounts....), etc.

finished product is already here.

I recommend we get the zone team to come in and fix up this mess

The overworld looks plain? Are you serious...? The overworld has had way more added to it since 2010. Not even an opinion.

I'm referring to the tiles specifically and the use of different ones to make areas look less monotonous.
http://i.imgur.com/qpftf4W.png

i agree, but don't mind having areas like that. bc they are being used for gift shop areas etc.

The only thing that looks sorta awkward there is the house, but that's used for a quest. I like this area because it connects to a few important areas and is used for gifts.

The new gfxs aren't bad, but they don't seem as cool as the old ones.
That's probably because these few years we've been asking more and more stuff from our admins, and admins aren't some kind of robot. To make great things you need great inspiration.
Gfxs don't fall from trees.
Yes they do seem to be cutting and removing stuff. But that's because with the game getting bigger every year, they need to adapt their things to the players. When you have basically no player you won't sell stuff for 20k. But if you have alot of players, those things at 20k will be rare and therefore some people will spend real money in order to buy these kinds of things.
For the admins, it is true that some of the new admins do not help, so what? There are tons of players who can help you all around you. If there's black, there's got to be white as well. Back in the days I had to farm the ctf for gralats, now you have bugs, loots and pyrat quest. You could half the price for bugs, I'd probably make more gralats than I used to anyway.
Sure graal may have lost alot of the things that made it enjoyable back then, but they've also added new stuff that make the game enjoyable.

That area was good for grasshopper catching... before the rains...

No one's really understanding what I mean. It is a good area to have. It serves the purpose for gifts and the house for the quest yes. That's fine. Look how boring it is at this very moment. Im not saying add back the SNC building or get rid of the entire area or anything. What I mean is there should different kinds of dirt tiles to spruce it up. There isnt much detail on the ground in a bunch of places which I think makes for a more boring map.