The changes were long overdue, but very incomplete, IMHO... and they cornholed my current character. Yes, there were adaptations I could have made, and probably quite a few subtle ways I could have dealt with them without being completely blown out of the water. I don't think that the changes made were adequate, and believe that the elimination of all preps and a significant subtraction of Battle cabal powers would have been a lot more suitable.

But over the years, I've grown tired of dealing with changes that so significantly impact the game I once played. The game must evolve, though, and a naturally desired result of such alterations is that it must bring in and keep new players. These changes might do just that, but it's probably going to be at the cost of losing many of the players who have been here playing the game for a long time because of the environment offered, that many of us had grown accustomed to playing. The inherent advantages are readily apparent. The effect of these changes on the older players... I guess you'll see that over time, but I don't really see the collective result being positive, in that regard. Then again, we've all read a gazillion 'farewell, I'm done playing' threads from players who are back in the BF or PBF's a month or four later when they can't really escape. Who knows about them.
I'm gone, though. It's not the same game anymore. Fourth age? Consider the third the last Cartherlen played.
Adios.