I'm pretty sure the vets know exactly what muddle/confuse work. Here is a snip of an affect list from a log on Dio's.

Power: 'favor of the sun' modifies mental resistance by 38 for 31 hours.
Physical effect: 'feeblemind' modifies wisdom by -10 for 22 hours.
Physical effect: 'feeblemind' modifies intelligence by -10 for 22 hours.
Skill: 'warcry' modifies save vs spell by -12 for 22 hours.
Power: 'harmony' modifies wisdom by 1 for 18 hours.
Spell: 'muddle' for 11 hours.
Commune: 'ethos protection' for 11 hours.
Commune: 'detect invis' for 11 hours.
Spell: 'fear' for 9 hours.
Commune: 'protective shield' for 4 hours.
Commune: 'sanctuary' for 4 hours.
Commune: 'frenzy' modifies armor class by 40 for 4 hours.
Physical effect: 'cabal raid' modifies morale by 13 for 4 hours.
Power: 'windwalk' for 2 hours.
Power: 'windwalk' for 2 hours.
Spell: 'mental jolt' modifies intelligence by -6 for 0 hours.

muddled for 11 hrs
fear for 9 hrs
feeblemind/mental jolt as well

Now, I don't know if its the whip that progs parting blow, or if he was given the actual skill - frankly I don't care.

I remember when entropy went away, and we all rejoiced because everyone knew it was just a bunch of powergamers abusing dopple/muddle/confuse for PK, and it was never the #### 'elite rp' group it was claimed to be. Interacting with those chaos chars was often painful, getting PK'd by one was infuriating based on how debilitating their abilities were.

you basically took the 2 signatures powers that made the chaos cabal OP and plugged them into a weapon..combined with mental jolt and potentially parting blow.

You are surprised that people are complaining about this?

What happened to "We will scale back rewards" Since that statement, we've seen two quest forms and this whip.

It seems like this time around, you realized it was OP and took action - this is a much better response than the norm.

I know you dislike it when I say "The playerbase" so, I will say "People"

People have continually asked that you (the staff, not you specifically) stop handing out RP rewards that affect the actual PVP balance of the game.

You (again, the staff not you) had said you would honor this request, and have..flip-flopped on that decision?

Honestly sect leader powers are arguably some of the most powerful in the game, not to mention emperor powers. I don't see "why" "someone" decided this specific character warranted uber-####-whip-o-power.

Whether you want to acknowledge it or not, the game is bleeding players because of decisions such as this.

That is my feedback, read/react as you will and good luck.