Three Rings should just make every armor/helmet/shield/weapon do EXACTLY the same resist/damage. All shields are exactly the same, but they just look different. All guns/swords/bombs are all the same but just look different. That way no one would complain that there is equipment that is better than other equipment which makes them so over-powered to the point of being unfair, and that P2P players have such great weapons. Face it, P2P SHOULD have better gear than F2P players, they actually spent their hard earned cash on this game so that you can play for free. People that have a job in real life, have a nicer car, a nicer TV, and a nicer computer. Face the facts, F2P players play free only because someone else pays to play.

Am I the only person playing Spiral Knights that has played other games that have powerful weapons? Games with generic guns, that deal almost identical damages and effects, generally suck. On the other hand, take Borderlands for example. There are ULTRA RARE weapons that you have to be extremely lucky to get. A lot of these ultra rare weapons/shields/modifiers are VERY powerful, and make the game super fun when you find one. However, not everyone finds them, and the only people that CAN find them, had to first spend real money to buy an expansion pack.

Personally, I find it unfair that other players have lots of cool 5 star gear and I'm only rocking 3 star gear. Of course I'm being quite sarcastic, life is unfair, unbalanced and the rich and powerful will always have more toys, and cooler guns, than those of us who are poor.

Let's stop begging for great gear to get penalized (turned into Nerf® gear). Instead, realize that some equipment is better than other equipment, and just play the game! What is wrong with great gear? It seems like half the people on the forum are spoiled brats that can't stand ANY sort of imbalance. While I agree that skills should play a big role in how well players do, it's still nice to be able to own your enemies with super powerful weapons. Maybe the Lockdown levels should have standard gear? That way it would be balanced, and then most of the people on here complaining about great weapons and equipment would stop complaining.

All that to say, I liked my Dark Reprisal Mk II the way it WAS. It was a great bomb, and now it's not that great... it's ok, and I use it, but it just doesn't put a smile on my face like it did before... this is my sad face :( I miss the old bomb. I would probably still have it if it weren't for people complaining that it was over powered. There is nothing wrong with over powered, I'm just shocked that anyone would complain about something as cool as a powerful bomb.