Discussion Thread: direct commits of balance changes without player input

[Theunsolved-puzzle]

lets begin. nitroglysirin, aerosol, port-a-sci, curare

the culture of goon to kneejerk respond to something when people have done a gimic for over two weeks

What makes you think any of these changes were "knee-jerk"?

many of them are in reaction to trends that are recent, and not long standing issues the community had (if they had any issues with them in the first place) aerosol and nitro's removal specifically. They were spammed yes, but they were also relatively recent occurrences, I agree they were a nuisance, but I don't think gutting the system's entirely was a constructive response to the problem's. It could have possibly sorted itself out, or perhaps admin interventions could be used, even a temporary suspension, but that wasn't what was done (from the perspective of a player). It is true to say I'm not entirely within the loop, but I know many who were... disappointed to say the least when they saw these changes.