I really don't mind playing with new players. as long as they know what they are doing and don't get in the way I'm cool with leading a group of tier 6 players. however i will express my dissapointment in the aleph drop system. i do like you can drop one or 2 for team mates but it's also gotten me killed or down alot. enemies shoot these things causing an explosion that damages me. Leaving me open for  enemy fire/elites to inta kill me/antagonists. it's a poorly executed idea and needs some revision mercury devs.

I agree with what you said however I enjoy atlas the most. Ionizer is too pin point however powerful I just personally don't like using her as a sniper of sorts. Then her rare is fun to use and my second favorite weapon for her but I still prefer atlas. You can shoot next to cover and damage any enemy or antag. On top of that the bombing is really useful whenever your the target and a horde is coming for you or if there is an antag like ginebra you can stop her. Combine this stagger from the bombs and her gun you can get easy kills with atlas

I personally use the Invicta as my main. the ionizer as my second,  i use the Invicta to take out mobs of enemies. especially wardogs that are coming after me,  i just bait then with her mech.  line them up and it's easy hunting,  the ionizer is for long range. especially for turrets imo as the Invicta nor the atlas can really kill them off. for me,  bouncing the projectiles off the ground towards the feet of enemies kills ome or all them at once.

Okay,  so after playing for about a month. i loved and liked the blueprint system they had in place. nothing was more rewarding than to see and watch myself get those rare and advanced blueprints for my Characters. well I'm here to explain, why now they've ruined it. after the intial update,  i asked myself as to what they were going to do with the blueprint system.  turns out, it's in the prize galore, now it wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the fact.  the blueprint i got was for atlas, yes the base weapon for aneska. it's in my opinion bad, because the atlas even at it's fully upgraded levels still pales in comparison to the ionizer and the Invicta.  so now who knows how long before I'll get another chance at another blueprint which  might end up being another duplicate.

Yeah i just started playing this for a month. and have been finding it enjoyable until this update was rolled out.  I'm at level 97 and now can't level up passed that.  not to mention the weapon blueprints are gone, making it super difficult to play any new characters beyond the one's i currently own. because their base weapons are trash tier and without any blue prints the weapons just won't be able to deal damage to enemies or antagonists. xp is crucial to leveling up the passive skills. without that,  higher leveled antagonists are gonna own new players or those like me who are stuck at level 97. I'm finding these changes very questionable if not pointless.