ToH Monster: Feedback?

[Sepharius]

Sorry to rant a bit, but shifting item/monster trial with harder monsters could backfire in a lot of ways, and I'd rather not crush the little guy just because the higher ups think the event is too easy.??I really like the idea of using two different maps for item trial, but rather than a ranged only map and everyone else, just splitting it up into two evenish groups appeals more.??We're putting too many people in too small an area, but giving people some space would cut down on the kill stealing.

As a possibly former (have to wait until next ToH to find out) "little guy", ToH is pretty intimidating. No one really tells you that you have to be rebirthed in order do well, and most of us manage to scrape up whatever zeny we can to participate in this overtly glorified event/battle between Light and Dark. A lot of the new people I see/ask seem to think that its supposed to be some sort of "fun" event, not one where they die repeatedly to get 0 points in the monster trial.

As for the 2 maps, splitting them evenly is perhaps the way to go. Putting all the ranged into one map would make KSing even greater, since most ranged classes can't see the guy 7 cells behind the mob, so they end up KSing anyways.