I'm pretty sure the planned Grip was turned into the Ammo item we got in July, and they just forgot to tell us that's what happened. The bayld and Delve ammo items do pretty much what was expected of the proposed Grip by boosting our avatars up to a sufficient power base as to be not-totally-lame, but merely kinda-lame (right about the power range of an un-buffed melee fighter), once more.
Now we need some gear for ourselves that will let us enjoy the extra defenses most everyone else gets to enjoy as of this update. Well, at least we got some macro boots this time...
