---Being I hate resending the same stuff OVER AND OVER AND OVER, I
have snipped it out. check the board for all the previous stuff---

Hi all,

Being a halfling druid that was made about as badly as can be (no
bonus points into wisdom), I can see why a lower level character may
be felt left out in the cold with the changes to KEI (Long time in
coming I might add...and seeing the documentation on how that spell
was SUPPOSED to work in the first place). I am completely happy with
the change. It DID affect me as my druid was only in low 40s when
correction to KEI was implemented. I am not quite as bad off as the
other char, but I do see where four or five buffs and a few heals can
really impact the ole mana pool, but I see that as a learning tool.
Druids are not clerics..never were...(and hopefully never will be).
I also play a cleric (who ALSO was not made perfectly as far as
initial stats). I can see a dramatic difference in his mana usage
when healing using the exact same spell (Greater Healing).

Being a senior officer and cofounder of a guild and 16 month player,
I have seen a lot of changes. I would say I am happy with 90% of the
changes. Seeing a newby player character log on and 3 weeks later
surpass me in level is a bit hard to take. I am a single
professional adult and can play for several hours a day.
Powerlevelling SUCKS if done for the sake of just level. In the
past I have been very against PLing, but appreciate its benefits if
the PLing character and the PLed character understand that skills
suffer greatly without appropriate buffs and APPROPRIATE (not
twinkie) gear. I can personally say I have done PLing, but I prefer
to call it Powerskilling..not powerlevelling, because I don't fight
reds or yellows....I fight whites and dark blues...not as much xp and
you get more time to work your skills.

I think the changes are good because of the apparent rampant
disregard for proper (or appropriate) character development. I
cannot count the number of times I have been killed because of the
times where some PL'd twink without a clue is in a group with me and
cannot even land a heal because he fizzles so much. Or land a DD /
DoT or even a buff here and there. (Or a ranger/warrior who cannot
hit the broad side of a barn from inside, or taunt a rat off cleric
because PLed twink bleeds so much because his defense and AC suck and
the cleric had to draw agro with heals...etc...)

I can recall a day where some new 1st level character was bragging in
OOC that they had almost 4000 hp...I was like...umm...??? And for a
caster that has had the KEI bottle since birth...I can understand
that they feel abandoned. IMHO..Too bad... I cannot stand seeing a
lower level caster without worn spots on the seat of their pants.
Hehe. I know of several characters that are relatively new that
constantly whine about "I cannot chain nuke or chain heal anymore!" :
shedding tears : Yep..these were NEW players...they just happened
to get the Aqua goblin camps regularly and didn't have appropriate
respect for the difficulty for most newer players in getting more
than a few plat from a few hours of playing in 99% of the newby zones.

I heard a lot of people talk about how PoP ruined a druids main
source of income (porting). I think the benefit to the other classes
in promoting getting around to other places is more of a help to the
game overall than a hinderance to the druids and wizzies that relied
on that (porting) as a primary source of income.

[end rant] :)

Seriously, As more and more people play the game, and provide
feedback, I think SoE is trying to continuously balance the character
classes and the game overall. This will positively impact some and
negatively impact others. I would imagine they want a happy medium.
I am pretty sure SoE isn't too concerned about the few folks who
leave the game for perhaps another (SoE has several). The game is
extremely popular and is getting more so.

And most of all, please remember that SoE isn't doing all of this for
our enjoyment. $imply for Sony's bottom line. :)