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The days after EOF was introduced were nice. Casters had a chance, some of the overpowered classes that seriously deserved nerfing, like brigands, were nerfed.

But now resist rates are back to the insane place they were before. I'm getting 60+% resist rates, which, for anyone with a clue, will realize I'm dying 60% of the time because my stifle or root is resisted.

But wait, I thought they nerfed the overpowered classes!?! No, sunshine, they didn't. They're just as overpowered as they were at the height of the imbalance. They nerfed a brig's stuns and stifles, but instead added in assassinate lite. Yes, virginia, now brigands through use of the EOF aas can make a little macro hotkey that does 3 attacks, and then a special ability that repeats those 3 attacks. Universal cooldownschmooldown, I have plenty of logs of a brig launching 6 special attacks in less than a second interval, killing me instantly. Brigands now have their famed utility, and something that is tantamount to assassinate with a minute cooldown. Wow! Such amazing design! Not to mention with the 60% resist rate they don't even NEED that versus a caster, with their unresistable root and their normal attacks they can still destroy a caster if the caster isn't way better, have the jump (LOL AGAINST SOMEONE WITH TRACK? HAHA), or gets resisted (60% of the time with a ton of AAs and +disruption gear!).

Bruisers, bruisers were nerfed somewhat, but of course, they still were fucking powerful. And they add in an ability (unresistable of course) that is equal to a root, grapple. Now I can't even fucking run from a bruiser. They're immune to my roots, stuns, and now I can't even fucking flee because they've rooted me and now they're going to rape my corpse with their DPS and their spam of melee hits which ensures I never get a spell off (same thing with brigs and their fucking root). I don't know if they're supposed to be able to attack while it's up, but I certainly have had that happen a bunch.

Whoever balanced fucking PVP didn't fucking talk to the EOF people because the EOF AA and itemization fucking destroyed all the balance someone put thought into. Here's a hint, -10% resist rate to my ice nova is nice, but doesn't do SHIT when I have it and I still get a 60% resist rate versus anyone with decent gear. And it doesn't do shit when you add in all sorts of instant, unresistable abilities, that completely counter all the innate advantages a caster has. I

Oh yeah, right now, there is some dude who played a north american botter RL cash and is killing him over and over until the recent list resets in order to get the fabled PVP gear for no effort. I've petitioned a GM and no response, no one stopping them.There's also a guild had 3 people suspended and stripped who sploited up to 6 pieces in the first week, but the 15 people who never PVP'd but mysteriously have 2 or 3 major pieces worth 500 or so tokens (1000 solo kills or more) didn't get shit done to them. They learned their lesson, slow and steady on the sploiting!

edit: and yeah, if you can't tell, I'm sorta pissed just a little.