but even so the situation regarding what just released today has to be addressed.
Nah its fine.

For a blessing, the Manderville Weapons aren’t the dreaded joke weapons from the Weapon Design Contest but all it takes to get one is 1500 poetics? Seriously?\
This is stage one. The pain comes later.

How on earth is this ok?
Given the tiny fraction of people here, the massive majority playing and enjoying it..Id say thats a rather silly question.