Is it the battered person syndrome?

double post like a derp

Since SK forums have no quote system to speak of, I'll put my comments here in bold

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By now I count myself as a veteran. OK. This is all fine and that, except when you realize all the nerfbats that have appeared.

Since I joined in November 2011, I have seen:
1. Zombies and retrodes nerfed (the latter twice)
They needed it, because glitches
2. Devilites nerfed
They needed it too. Unless you constantly have parties of 4 Vanguards. I could not pass tier 3 solo the other week because of Dark City.
3. T1 Gun Puppies buffed (It would be OK, if people actually played T1)
I never noticed a change, honestly...although they did BUFF all gun puppies so they aren't totally blind from behind
4. Multiple occasions of Arcade nerf (namely: missions, danger missions, OCH which I don't mind so much as it's an awesome set of levels)
Kind of vague, I can't argue one way or another because I don't really know what you mean
5. A new type of level released just prior to my joining, which nobody played much after they came out. (Candlestick Keeps.) And I can see why, as it takes some getting used to constantly kiting Grimalkins while fighting Kats with swords, which is what the vast majority of people do.
This is a BUFF if anything. Candlestick keeps are pretty annoying for solos and noobs, and don't give the extra rewards that the somewhat similar Graveyards do (grimalkins being like phantoms to a degree)
6. A buff to guns, in what was both a) a feeble attempt to get people to deviate from swords and b) something that made certain guns (*cough*Blitz*cough*) horrendously OP.
That's not the buff's fault, that's blitz's. And if it's so OP, how come I never really see it outside of FSC and a few missions?
7. Removing Shard Bombs, which removes both bombers' best ranged weapon, one of the weapons which needed a lot of skill to master, and even ironically the most bomb-like of all bombs, from the game.
What! How is that bomb-like at all? What bomb shoots bullets straight out? It's the LEAST bomb-like. Honestly I think people wouldnt complain about shard bombs HALF as much if they had been the current way all along (granted they still need a buff)
(8. Not so much an addition as a lack of one: Far too little balancing action.)
Agreed
9. The anniversary, Winterfest, and the Hallow stuff, which would be OK were it not for the arrival of the Prestige missions. (Winterfest should've been placed in random 'arenalets' in the Arcade, too.)
I'm not sure how prestige missions hurt seasonal events. Though the winterfest one would kind of not work so well if it was randomized like Punkin/Caketastrophe
10. The example above, along with other 'broken' promises (the Iron Slug buff, hint hint)
Agreed.
I don't usually get mad at OOO, and this post is mainly due to the fact that: 11. LD is still broken (people playing the objective are shouted down, people killing don't play the objective, make newbies quit and inflate their egos, the general OPness of swords, especially Toothpick with Dusker, the prevalence of HEALTH.)Also agreed

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By the way, in the meantime, there's still the hallow/frosty (and surge) flak jackets, so it's not a total loss.

Though overall I agree they seem to be too concerned about tier 1 crap than actual endgame content.

When accessories/eyes/height modes came out, new players got them FREE, but vets who already created characters got NOTHING. What is this [scrap] !?

1 now zombies are as easy as a walk in the park. so not so much to cheer.
2 yeah, well, you shouldn't solo at all, since teamwork should be a great thing. but we are not in the land of the should.
3 buff? where?
4 if something directs off the arcade, it's a nerf. like, nerfing DA would mean that less people use it. it's the effect, not the cause.
5 no, that is an addition that nobody is using. I agree that they are kinda difficult on t3. but not anywhere else. get a gun and see. or try not to solo, like in the land of the should.
6 say, if they hadn't buffed guns, blitz would be OP? I don't think so. so, it's blitz fault.
7 I agree with batabii here. bombs explode. ok, sharpnels, but you should not be able to bomb-snipe something. with RSS, you could. obviosly, there could have been other ways (brandish charge like)
8 ok.
9 if they use prestige as a reward instead of anything else, it's not a good thing. doing a work and get paid with stamps.
10 ok.
11 ok.

Everything in SK is buffed/nerfed in percentages, because of the differing effects in different tiers.

1. Not quite. If zombies were a 9 out of ten before, they're a 4 now, not a 1.
2. Almost every time I visit the arcade, nobody joins me. So it's not like I solo on purpose. Besides, they need to better balance the difficulty/rewards to the number of players.
3. I just told you. Read again. It was a year or two ago when they changed it.
4. OH that's what he means, less people USE the arcade because of missions. Meh, they just need to buff arcade payouts, really.
5. you don't always have a choice. Besides, at least it's different.
6. Yes, I did say it was blitz's fault.
9. Yeah they really need to make some sort of prestige awards. Maybe some one-time bonuses like Fire Emblem Awakening's Renown Bonuses

1. The nerf FIXED the glitches. I thought that was the point. People whined that Zombies are too easy now, but all they did was fix the glitch.
2. The range was a pain, so I think it should stay nerfed, but the biggest problem I faced is their attack velocity. Even when I shield, it hits be before I can react. Even when I shoot them with callahan, they've thrown their junk before the bullet even reaches them. And if there's a crowd of them, you're helpless because their attacks are staggered so it's like a machinegun of office supplies.
3. he's complaining because they buffed tier 1, which doesn't matter in the long run.
4. maybe they should make it so you can only do each mission once per day. Would that make a difference, or just be a hassle?
5. Ok fine, buff payouts. I don't think it's "almost no reward", but it definitely could be better, considering the difficulty. Maybe arena-equivalent
6. I completely agree. To be honest, I wish it was more like a machinegun (don't go nuts, I just mean the rate of fire, not Counterstrike Knights). Perhaps while you hold the button it shoots, but you can't move at all while shooting? I mean reduce or remove the reload times on charge, or let you turn while firing? As it is, it's only good against slow, damage-sponge enemies. That said, it's downright tedious beating vanaduke without it...
7. Not sure who specifically you were talking about there, but yeah I can see where OOO is coming from wanting to change shard bombs, especially since too many bombers were just using them as guns anyway. How about they go back the way they were, EXCEPT greatly reduce the range? That way you can't use them as guns, but you still get the bonus damage for point-blank.
9. Events are way better than pointless Promotions like the various regalias or surge prize boxes that don't even add new missions.
11. That's the first time I've EVER heard anyone say "trollsar" instead of "Trollaris" Expecially since Pulsar doesn't have an O.