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You know, Vint, even if that goes off topic again, there are always two sides to each and every demand. Usually the devs just swing the pendulum too far from one side to the other instead of finding some balance in the middle. I am usually strongly opposed to the nerf bat for mainly two reasons:
1.) Most "nerf this" or "nerf that" are not really nerf requests, but bad worded requests to balance the game better. EiN was OP? Compared to some of the current ED capstones it is not. QP OP? Make it work on EE. The problem usually is that comparable these feats, enhancements and skills that are perceived OP are just standing out in one way or the other from similar skils, feats and enhancements that just fail to perform. Compare EiN to Shadowdancer capstones or Magister... Instead of giving Magister some workable Capstone that is worth investing time, money and intelligence to make it work they nerf EiN. Most players said "EiN is so uber, when do we in Magister get something similar nice?" The Devs only hear "EiN is uber".
2.) With every nerf bat swing there is the risk working but related systems get unintentionally nerfed or broken.

In a perfect world the devs would try to do both, rebalancing unbalanced feats, enhancements and skills, while bettering systems that work sub par at comparable investment grades and times. In DDO we get wild pendulum swings and if you shelf your toon for about one year and dust it off then you find that the pendulum just has swung back again. Most nerfs are just undeserved. They try to cure a symptom, not the underlying problem in balancing.

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You know, Chai, you just happen to remind me of a good friend of mine. He is a journalist and a freakingly good one too. Always he is able to turn the words in the mouth of his interview partners. Always he has the knack of passing his own oppinion as the ultimate truth. And always he is using wrong accusations and allegations to provoke his vice-versa and then turns the already twisted words out of the mouth of his vice-versas against them. Usually this works perfectly well and makes him one of the best "investigative" journalists in his media branch. But his style reeks of sophism. He usually wins in discussions, but there is always a bad taste in the mouth left on his wins. I none the less love to have him on my side instead of as an enemy. I am strongly of the oppinion you would be a perfect candidate for the head of the "Ministry of Truth" in the Orwellian sense.

And now put your EE allegations to where they belong and keep cool. This discussion will pass, even without your twists and eddies.