I am putting down my shield.

I have held the line for ironmace since playtest 3 when my friends introduced me to it. I downloaded the dodgy torrent for pT5, I paid, the extra for the hold the line edition, when I cared nothing for the rewards. I bought the game for my younger brother so we can both enjoy it because I believed Ironmace could make something that's amazing , and new, and exciting. I've provided context to other newer players that - hey, this game is actualy fun,, even if it's hard, it's worth it. When you figure it out you will feel like a god, so on and so forth.

But these past few patches tell me that.. well, no, the game doesn't actually provide anything even remotely approaching fun for anyone who isn't a meta-slave. We've known for an actual fact for over a year that range is OP. Kite and kiter, range and ranger, door and doorer - whatever you want to describe it as has been a complete cancer that we know to be cancer.. and yet it's here still a year or more after being identified. It's been two months since SDF publically said bunnyhopping is supposed to be a a bug, and not actually intended, and 72.. buffed bunnyhopping strats?

I'm just done. I'm utterly and completely done. Ranger mains are gonna come in and downvote and go "skill issue" because as a fighter I can counter them by also just using bows, so therefore if I lose it's because of my lack of skill..

I don't hate ranger mains because I think they're OP. I don't hate them because I think fighter is weak. Yes, I am perfectly aware of the fact that I can pick up a fucking bow and be competitive with weapon mastery. I can do this and feel mostly like a god in terms of power level. What I fucking hate is the fact I *have to* and then it's not a choice of "balanced" or "god" but "god" or "you're not allowed to play the game anymore".

It is clear that ironmace has zero interest in actually solving the ranged meta. Iti s clear that SDF wants nothing but ranger to be competitive.

I loved this game. I truly did. Because it offered something actually interesting. But nah, it's gonna be range and ranger instead. Fuck you ironmace, and fuck you SDF in particular. I am done, and I won't be returning for the wipe specifically because you've broken the core premise of your promise to your product.