lol but you didn't rest your case, as indicated by this new post. as for the having nothing against me... who cares, I don't. I am talking about upgrading items, which is what players should be doing and if my opinion doesn't agree with a part of yours its not personal. If you chose to remain silent on the issue for your various reasons, fine, but if you do nothing to try to avoid a train wreck before it happens, then just complain when it does, what weight does your opinion hold? It doesn't go both ways, you cannot care, but also care... The feedback for upgrades appeared even on this forum a couple weeks back, very few chose to to say anything, now many complain. This expectation that the game should magically be catered to each and every individual's game play style or that every update will be perfect, amazing, and improve the game is nonsense. You will have a hard time finding another game that allows players to play on their beta server and offer feedback both before and during updates, so why not take advantage of that even if it does not always go your way? And when it does not, be realistic about the changes. Upgrading items is not the death nail in the west that some are making it out to be. It actually does not change that much about the game. But I am happy to see many more using the forum, even if it is for negative criticism
i have talked with several about item leveling and still have yet to hear how it is actually killing the game. Yes, some rifles and dueling weapons can be upgraded beyond event and rare items, but how many players per server have the ability to do so, very few. And out of those who do, not all will because of the cost. Its less than 1% of players have one of these L5 items, so how is it ruining the game? And, those items being upgraded are available to all players. Might take a lot of work and you may not get the item you want for a few months, but at least you have the ability. The venomous snake is more detrimental to "fairness" then this, as it was a "one time" item for just money. Event winners, as I have said before, they can feel jilted, but all of their responses have been why would they spend to try and win another set... So don't and hopefully that leads to some sort of fix in regards to items becoming obsolete a few months after you buy them.
I wish they had taken a lot more time with this update to fix issues with stat increases, certain items not being upgradable, etc... but this is the leveling system right now. Does it make the stronger players stronger, yes, but no more so than any other type scenario. Skill buying, tombolas themselves, event winner sets... all have helped those who spend nuggets get an edge and it has not killed the game. This will not either... just give it some time