Clearly players would rather a buff of existing underpowered/pointless items, vs nerfing the only tools viable on higher difficulties.

This achieves very little if you have already hit the end game. The game is harder, sure, but still the end game content is non existent and you cant chase further buffs or upgrades, rather you just have to grind and kite a little more on higher difficulties; nobody finds this fun.

Feels like a knee jerk response to a lack of content and poor balancing. Does anyone like the Blizzard style of nerfing?

Tuning the difficulty would have proven more effective, though simply nerfing some weapons to artificially pad the end game is just lazy and rushed and ultimately creates more reasons to wait for content rather than extend the time people around 50 hours are going to continue to invest.

Unfortunately the game is plagued with regression issues, even reading the patch notes, for every minor issue resolved, they introduced additional unrelated problems and increased stability issues.

The off colour DRM is a reason in itself not to recommend. This is 50h game, maximum, pending new content, which leaves it a low value position, resulting in the best option which would to be to wait for a lower price, more content, bug fixes and balance changes.

Player base will likely fade in the coming weeks, as there really isn't a reason even to push 100h on the game.

Clearly players would rather a buff of existing underpowered/pointless items, vs nerfing the only tools viable on higher difficulties. This achieves very little if you have already hit the end game. The game is harder, sure, but still the end game content is non existent and you cant chase further buffs or upgrades, rather you just have to grind and kite a little more on higher difficulties; nobody finds this fun. Feels like a knee jerk response to a lack of content and poor balancing. Does anyone like the Blizzard style of nerfing? Tuning the difficulty would have proven more effective, though simply nerfing some weapons to artificially pad the end game is just lazy and rushed and ultimately creates more reasons to wait for content rather than extend the time people around 50 hours are going to continue to invest. Unfortunately the game is plagued with regression issues, even reading the patch notes, for every minor issue resolved, they introduced additional unrelated problems and increased stability issues. The off colour DRM is a reason in itself not to recommend. This is 50h game, maximum, pending new content, which leaves it a low value position, resulting in the best option which would to be to wait for a lower price, more content, bug fixes and balance changes. Player base will likely fade in the coming weeks, as there really isn't a reason even to push 100h on the game.