I never thought I would say that, but I think making the game a bit more "deadly" again could be fun. But it needs to be done very carefully, or the whine will be great.
The problem is personal perception. With the current extend of nerfs all classes except of 2hd have to live with, everyone (except of 2hd) is less lethal, and thus you are allowed to make more mistakes without being killed instantly in the process. With deadlier classes mistakes will be more fatal, and players will perceive it as "this guy killed me too easily, he must be OP", not seeing that they are killing masses of other players equally easily. You don't see the stress and hectic the other player is suffering from when he is killing you. All you see is an expressionless toon which chops you into pieces and runs on, and instinctively you imagne someone who had not the slightest problems killing you, barely taking notice of you while score whoring. If this happens too often, if it looks too easy, you start to get the impression of the class being OP, because not everybody can be that skilled.
With the current state, where everybody needs several hits and quite some time to kill you, you see it didn't happen without effort, and yo know you had plenty of time to win the fight, and thus you don't rage that hard.
Is there a way to cover or disable your signature Vibe?
On the grey bar on top of the board (under those grey boards) click on "Profile", choose "Forum Profile", then on the left side click on "Look and Layout" and check the box with "Do not show user signatures". This disables all signatures though. Otherwise put Vibe on ignore, but I wouldn't recommend that. He's an asshat, but definitely no shitposter... well, at least sometimes, when it's important
