Talk:Battle Master/@comment-1242640-20130321010954

I find this item to be a transparent waste of money and an appalling rip-off.

The ONLY benefit of this item is that it can be used in the modes not specified. So anyone who has been dreaming of a Specialist-Free Elimination match can have their cake.

Otherwise, the following apply:


 * A No-Specialist Option was required in modes like Quarantine & Spy Hunt the most. That is where all the clamor has been for the past few years, and yet they just HAPPEN to be part of the three prohibited modes (Fireteam, I can understand at least). Therefore, while the function of this item is necessary, the item itself is useless to many players.


 * It is rather obvious that the pricing and duration of this item, coupled with the restrictions on it, are a devastating waste of money. For the sake of profit, I can understand selling a valuable commodity for a ridiculously-high price. But selling an item that is so OBVIOUSLY useless for SO many people is something even I can't abide. It costs a LOT of GP (and NO, it is NOT easy to make GP---even with full passes---as a casual gamer. You have to play the "popular' modes with everyone else and score big in order to cash in) for something with an INCREDIBLY SHORT duration.

It would be just as easy (and they know this full well) if they made this a full feature of the game. I find it rather pathetic that they would still milk the players of our community this late in the game.