Nep, You might give up.

You are right, of course.

But, there have been ALWAYS those who whine like this. "all you did was pwk me!!!" "All you ever do is sleep/spell me up!" "All you ever do is bash!!!" "All you ever do is rot/flee!" "All you ever do is quicksand/dispell/pillar!" "All you ever do is assassinate/flee" "All you ever do is black/steal/back" "All you ever do is flyto/murder" "All you ever do is wand up/prep up so you can't be beat!" "All you ever do is spam wrath!" "All you ever do is spam sunray/thorns" "All you ever do is ambush people when they aren't ready!" "All you ever do is sing sleep/distort/fiend/fireandice!!" "All you ever do is summon into a centurion trap!"

I admit, I have been one in the past. On more than one occasion, before I saw the light.

Have there been things in the past that have been overpowered and needed to be changed? Yup! I know You will admit to most of those, Nep.

But, the adult response to those is to discuss the overpowerdness of those tactics. Are they indeed overpowered? Or am I just not understanding how to overcome it, and thus think it's overpowered when it's not?

The childish response is, as you said, call it cheap, and try to denigrate those who use the tactic. That's a far easier way to "feel superior" and "feel better" than actually trying to figure out how to overcome something.

But, Do you really think any number of posts by you, or by legions of people supporting people will change the fact that this kind of whining goes on? I happen to believe nothing will change it. The nature of the game REQUIRES massive investment (in time/emotion/creativity), and when such investment *SEEMS* to be destroyed by something, childish and emotional responses should be expected. (not saying accepted, but expected, if you ken the difference).



*SEEMS* I say seems to destroy, because one interesting nature of the game is that NOTHING anyone else does, short of an imm banning you, can destroy your investment in this game. For two reasons.
1)In that particular char, nomatter what goes wrong, you can still have fun. It's just your own particular choice whether to have fun with the char or not. And noone can MAKE that choice for you, either way.
2) any investment you put into any one character, will carry over in part to every other character you play from then on. in knowledge, skill, reflexes, etc. (unless you don't play for a year+ like me...sigh then it all goes away)