I'd like to say that as a person with Altitis, I5 is a mixed bag for me.
On the one hand, starting a new blaster (sonic/devices) was more fun then ever, as I'm able to truly solo ... when times got tough, my damage got tougher!
My defenders seem largely unchanged, save for the fact that people are more actively seeking them to a certain extent.
My controller made out like a bandit ... if she zaps them once, they may as well never wake up. Soloing is a breeze if I can get that initial hit ...
On the down side ...
Sonics seem too powerful, and IMO, outstrip other sets. Trick Arrows should be a Blaster secondary as well as a Defender primary ... Confinement is too powerful and Defiance is getting less and less useful as I rise in levels ...
my tanks ... my primary toon ... she's all but dead to me ... I've lamented her enough in the Tankers forum, but ...
The one shining example of a "comic-book brought to electronic life" in this game was the Tanker. And with INV gutted and left a skeleton of its former self ... I'm not sure that I5 was worth it, overall.
There was no increase, to me, in "challenge," other than having to rely on others. A game that forces me to do things a certain way is a poor game. Having to defeat Ken Oh in Shinobi by slapping him in the face is inventive, but silly. In a game where possibilities are so much greater, there should be more to it then "Get a healer, get a troller," or "we need one of everyone for a fight"
I5 was great for squishies, OK for content ... horrible for tankers, though, and proof positive that we're moving away from "Build as you like" to "Build as we say." IMO
