KaossKid wrote
One who sees no more room for growth logic and progress is one who is on the road to decay no doubt.
Hi,
At its core, the way that paths work is math, and that part may be difficult, if not impossible, to change. I have been using Bézier curves in CorelDRAW, QuarkXPress, and Adobe products for 30 years, and the math part does not change.
The Illustrator team has introduced many new ways over the years to use the Bézier curves that does make it easier for new users as yourself. One is that if you have a straight line (line tool, rectangle, etc.), you can use the Pen tool with Option (Alt) and drag the line itself to add a curve. Some of the new ways of working with the Pen tool that the Illustrator team has introduced are only in Illustrator right now. I have hopes that they get added to Photoshop soon. Road to decay? Personally, I don’t see it, not in Illustrator.
Certainly start with the Pencil tool if you like it. But if you are going to be serious about using Illustrator, Bézier curves are at its core, so you might add them to your list of things to learn.
We are users like yourself. This is a user forum. There is a second forum for feature requests, which is what you have, so you might want to post here:
As users, we can’t change the program. We can only tell you how it works.
Cheers,
Jane
KaossKid wrote
One who sees no more room for growth logic and progress is one who is on the road to decay no doubt.
Hi,
At its core, the way that paths work is math, and that part may be difficult, if not impossible, to change. I have been using Bézier curves in CorelDRAW, QuarkXPress, and Adobe products for 30 years, and the math part does not change.
The Illustrator team has introduced many new ways over the years to use the Bézier curves that does make it easier for new users as yourself. One is that if you have a straight line (line tool, rectangle, etc.), you can use the Pen tool with Option (Alt) and drag the line itself to add a curve. Some of the new ways of working with the Pen tool that the Illustrator team has introduced are only in Illustrator right now. I have hopes that they get added to Photoshop soon. Road to decay? Personally, I don’t see it, not in Illustrator.
Certainly start with the Pencil tool if you like it. But if you are going to be serious about using Illustrator, Bézier curves are at its core, so you might add them to your list of things to learn.
We are users like yourself. This is a user forum. There is a second forum for feature requests, which is what you have, so you might want to post here:
As users, we can’t change the program. We can only tell you how it works.
Cheers,
Jane
KaossKid wrote
The answer is quite simple, if the tag on an option says "Pen" then it SHOULD act like a real pen simply and easily as the main default.
Hi Kaoss,
The Pen tool for drawing curves is named after Pierre Bézier, who popularized them in the 1960s when he worked for the Renault car company. He died in 1999. In recent years, Adobe has added other methods to draw in Illustrator for newbies, but if they changed or took aways the Pen tool, those of us who use it daily would be unable to work. There is a learning curve, but once you learn it, you don’t look back.
You will probably be happier and work faster if you take a little time to learn Illustrator fundamentals. Otherwise it‘s like putting on skis for the first time at the top of the slope and then blaming the skis when they don’t work and you fall down. 
Here are two courses that you might like:
This course by Mordy Golding came out in 2011, but it is still valid and it shows how to draw without the Pen tool.
Illustrator: Drawing without the Pen Tool
Or try the Essential Course with Tony Harmer
Illustrator CC 2019 Essential Training
And come back here to ask questions. This is a user forum and we don’t work for Adobe, but we can help when you get stuck.
Best,
Jane
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