Ok so Ive been looking through all the threads and reading ONLY what the defenders of the patch have to say. Overwhelmingly they go to two things:

1. Your build
2. Your playing ability/style

Im not going to say those two are the same things at all. But as for the build, why would you say Ive been using regen as a crutch? Is it a power available to me? Yes. Is it the defensive power that actually works (Reflexes DO NOT, even with 180 Dex)? Yes.

So I guess what Im asking is why is it now a crutch if before it was an ability I used to keep my character alive? It wasnt WAY overpowered, though it was pretty powerful. It did need toned down a bit. But a crutch?

I see anything that I choose as a power for my character as an ability that Ive not only earned, but need to survive in this game world. Force Eruption was used by MANY of the people who said the patch was just fine, yet no one came back at you and said that it was your crutch.

As for playing abillity, I see alot of info on the net about this game being easily accessible and fun for all types of gamers. As it is now, it is work. Mind you I like to have games that are hard, I played Age of Conan as an assassin for 40 levels, thats work!

Mind you in AoC you actually get items/money/xp for things you kill so the work is MUCH more rewarding then this game. But before this patch that didnt matter because the henchman were cannon fodder. It was fun to blast them to pieces, who cares that I was getting 1 resource and 10xp for a level 24 henchman. Seeing them fall about me because I am the superhero was FUN.

Now its much harder, its work, and I still get about nill for each one I work to kill.

Before the patch the villains and super villains etc were hard, I had to block and heal up and try my best to figure out the right weapon and tactics to use to kill them. Now they can kill me through block. That has nothing to do with my play style.

Finall I just want to go back to the "using regen as a crutch" statement that I heard from about 5 different posters.

Wolverine has regen, its not a crutch for him, its his main ability really. The adamantium is all good and everything but without his regen he would die from bodily rejection of the metal.

Superman shrugging off bullets and such is not a crutch for him. His kryptonite is a crutch that the story writers use to make him vulnerable.

The Hulk, taking damage and growing bigger and stronger. Thats his crutch? Sounds like defiance to me. so if I make a character with defiance and do well with that ability its my crutch?

Please stay away from telling people who have problems that they were using a crutch, or there playstyle is wrong, or they dont know what there doing.

Maybe you do know better, thats fine. Theres always someone better then me. But dont rub it in our face, and dont say "Between the monitor and the chair". There are people having real problems with the patch.

Just my 2 cents. Flame away.