The Rebirth of Maple World! (big bang)

When I started, a little after the third anniversary, GMS already had 4th job and all the continents it has today, even NLC.
A lot has changed since then, of course. Many world tour areas added, Phantom Forest and Crimsonwood keep, Pirates and all the jobs after. But those were additions, not remakes of existing stuff (except for the Vic Island mob rearrangement that came with Monster Book, and a few skill changes with the "rebalancing" patch). And all those changes were gradual.
Here we are talking major restructuring of everything, all at once. Mobs, maps, skills, formulas, quests... Too much for this old dog to accept as still being the same game.

Don't take it personal, but calling yourself an "old dog" when you started this game AFTER GMS had the 4th job is really asinine. To put it bluntly, the beta players, if anyone else, would have the right to complain about all these changes that are happening. Yet they don't, they either left a long time ago or know, by experience, that things change and they must adapt.

I joined a week or two after Broa opened, yet I embrace this changes with open arms. I'm sorry, I just don't see the valid point in your argument, at least nothing beyond fear of change.