It seems like FC is ignoring us. I think we "whine" enough, as the non-agent would say. I've definately had a majority of ARKs from the live servers & GMs from the test server agree with me that the Agent profession just flat out sucks. I don't understand why FC will not do anything about it. Yes, there are other profession that lack their abilities... for example MPs used to suck REALLY bad, but now they are the Gods of AO. I've seen many lvl 100+ characters reroll as MPs... THAT's how good they have become. Eventually they will have to be nerfed.
My point ::
FC, you guys have the bad tendency to know only 2 extremes : Uber or sux0r. Why not try to actually figure out what the main problems/complaints are of each profession (with this in mind, each soul playing the specific character will have to do some work also ) and "touch up" the problems?
Your extreme changes eventually lead to the same cycle : upgrade... nerf... upgrade....nerf. I strongly believe that FC's developers can make a balance to the professions, it just takes time. It seems there's a patch every week or so... it doesn't have to be like that, I don't think everyone whined about how slow patches were.... did they? I feel that the AO community (the players) would be much more satisfied with, for example, a patch every month, which solves the problems and lets the players know that the FC developers actually spent time and worked really hard to make this patch.
So... this post was NOT only to "whine" about the agent profession, but to also give some ideas, light a few light bulbs, you know, help everyone out.
So, what does everyone think?... I don't mind flame, I'll just flip you the bird in RL , then go on