When we (NTs) were finally able to stun, I thought it was a godsend. You could Stun a trader into submission before he got the debuff off.
Then it was removed (really really fast) no next patch or anything, it was only a few days before it got nerfed into nonexitance.
We still survive, we still level. Is it hard? Yes Damn Hard! That is why we gripe so much on our board.
However, you will adapt. My NT dies more than any of my other characters. He has probably lost 5 times more IP than my other characters, but for some reason I still enjoy playing him. Perhaps because he is so hard to play.
I'll just say that I'm concerned to see so much feedback, yet Funcom has decided to go ahead with the patch unchanged, unaltered, unmodified. They say they want feedback, yet do nothing (through action) to indicate that the feedback in meaningful. They tell us they appreciate it, but no action is taken on the biggest issue Funcom has faced.
There will be big issues with this impending patch. There have been some very good ideas generated in this forum. One idea I liked was to be able to transfer my character(s) to the test server.
Funcom should finalize the technology to allow us to do this before implementing a fundamental patch that will effect the very foundation of the game.
The debuff mitigation nano should also be released with the patch. I think these two basic actions will go along way in mitigating concerns of the playerbase
My 2 credits.
Mirlin NT lvl. 52