I am not defending or bashing anybody with this post despite me having a very strong, deadset opinion on the state of things and people freaking out one way or another.

I just want to point out with this post that when you post an opinion, it's one thing on it's own, i.e Man 1.6 is great or man 1.6 is ***. When you want to that opinion to be heard and taken seriously however, both sides, and this is important now, must give detailed evidence supporting their opinion and therefore argument so it will be taken seriously by all parties involved, which are more numerous than some might think.

To the people that think 1.6 is great, keep in mind ZoS reads those reviews and go "Great, they like it. But what exactly do they like about it? Everything? Well *** it, let's keep doing random *** in hopes they like it since they seem to like everything."

That is bad, because nothing is ever perfect and that lax, complacent behavior leads to bad programming and content and a bad game. For shame.

To the people that think 1.6 is ***, keep in mind stomping your feet and screaming that it's bad doesn't do anything. In fact, things are substantially more stacked against you to make a good, strong argument. You're the ones that need to sit there and write up detailed reports and comparison charts as to why you feel that you are being cheated, robbed, overnerfed, whatever you say is happening to you.

But,

And this is important now,

Don't give those detailed reports and comparisons without thinking more openly about the entire picture, the big picture.

Don't compare only two skills from each other, old and new, and say why it's bad, not when those skills may have been adapted and changed to fit an entirely new meta. Don't complain that your stats have been lowered and robbed from you while not realizing that everything in the game has been given similar treatment, and always try to understand the mindset and reasoning behind the Developers decisions, even if they seem to be completely psychotic. And then think about what you're saying, think on whether or not it's true in the grand scheme of things.

For example, I've seen more than a few Dragonknights claim that their entire class and builds have been ruined, when in truth the content simply got a little harder and they themselves have to change things around a bit, but they didn't take the time to do so. As these select few whine and complain, a few Sorcerers take the time to actually sit and theorycraft entirely, all putting in effort and time to figure out what's best only to learn that they are indeed really freaking screwed, and actually have something to complain about.

Templar's used to be in the same boat, and it's sort of why it took so damn long to get fixed because there would constantly be two sets of people complaining; the ones who did it out of spite, and the one's who put in the time to figure *** out.

So I ask you again, just leave out the hyperbole and fear and spite, and make honest reviews and opinions.

I believe one of the issues being complained about, is that even if someone ever manages to max out the CP system, they still won't be back to where they were 1.5.

I was surprised that I can still use all may same skills between live and PTS. I do have to use them somewhat differently, but the PTS character doesn't die quite as often.