In my opinion, the development of clients more advanced than Pacho's is a significant factor in the deterioration of Haven and Hearth. What happened to the element of surprise? What happened to "foraging" actually being foraging? I think Haven and Hearth is built upon the fact that things should be hidden. Nobody can raid anymore by hiding behind a rock or a house or an idol. Nobody can defend themselves with basic skills because of all these assault tools. These clients take the "game" out of Haven and Hearth.
One good thing is that releasing these tools to the public evened the playing field... but that doesn't mean there is still unfair shit out there.
The sad thing is that I don't believe we can ever get out of this client problem. Like Patchouli_knowledge said, we are far to spoiled to ever go back.
Sorry Gilbertus, Pacho, Ender, person/people who made goon client (spiff???), darki, ken, arksu, people who made other custom clients.
Sorry loftar that he never just listened to people's basic comments about the clients. Adding in a nightvision or adjustable-window probably would have stopped some client editor's curiosities.