Can people calm down? What nerf are we talking about here because I am confused, i just had flashbacks on what went through the TK balancing thread; that was a long week.
First of all, i am pretty sure Ares or Genesis states that all items released are subject to change(i remember seeing it anyway). Also, I will quote Genesis on the TK thread:
" For the record, the "beta" server (which I assume you are referring to the test server) is for testing technical issues and preliminary balancing issues. There are never more than 3 people on the test server. The information we gather on the test server in a week is equal to what we can gather on the live server is a few hours. No one forced you to do the quest or ask people to buy the items for you. We blatantly told you when we released these items that they would be changed. The "beta server" served its purpose. It is not our fault you did not head our warning. "
That seems a bit harsh but they did say that the items are gonna be changed depending on community feedback.
Also, hardware is not equal to software. You cannot compare manufacturing a phone to this, that is why games have patches. Those bugs or other stuff can only be seen when players find it, not the development team, unless you are willing to hire hundreds of testers just for it.
The "i paid for this item" argument is also not applicable here really. Just because you paid/quested for an item, that doesn't mean it shouldn't be nerfed when the community certainly feels it needs to be. You may have quested for it, but we also did, just on different item for a different class ,so people here are pretty much on equal terms with regards to opinion.
You also cannot use the "if you dont have this ring, your argument is invalid" argument. If I shot you with a gun and I say "you don't have a gun, you don't know the disadvantages of having it.", would you just simply agree to my statement?
People help me out here, answer this questions so we can have a decent discussion. Any GM out there to move this to suggestions and change the title? I think this is about SG but let us wait for the OP to confirm.
1. How much damage SG does on a hatred target?
2. What item is in question with regards to nerfing? Please put description here.