This thread is so full of win. Sorry if i am going to mispell anything, anyways as i started to play few weeks before the BIG patch or whatnot, i have some observations also.
Pre patch there were a lot of tincans, yeah, but it was fun ganging up on them and kill them, trying to pike down that mounted knight and everything, was thrilling. I was going for pure 2h build + plate, as i always wanted to play a knight. Prepatch the day i could afford the plate, i started using it, and it was quite a big advantage over lower geared people, as it simply left me more space for my errors. And hell i am still making a lot of them
After the patch, i started running around in leather and such, and i found myself forced off to duel server more often to practise a little before going to battle, as i could not block shit. Some days i play good, some others bad, but i guess that is just normal.
About the agi stacking whores, i would not say that is true, my last three generations were 24/15, 21/18 and now 18/21, pretty much balanced around getting some more wpf, as with the retirement changes i had a lot less in 2her skill. Anyways, my next gen is going to be again 24/15, as i was able to crush a lot with 8PS and usually oneshot most of people up to mail armor. (well, xcept other str hoarders).
off to watch some simpsons