my feedback after 100 hours

So I'm fuming over something... which is what brings me to the forums... so let's start with that.

I just hit 70. Bought a respec token. respec'd. Found that I can still only have one power at rank 4. ?!?!? that can't be right. I just read a guide telling me what to make rank 4. A little bit of research later and I find that above 70 additional power points are RANDOM. F'ing RANDOM!!!!

So in the name of balance and "fairness" If you and I play the exact same class, have 100% the exact same: gear, enchantments, companions, mounts, artifact's, EVERYTHING. but you've RANDOMLY gotten 10 power points, and I've RANDOMLY gotten 2 power points.... Who's going to do more DPS? Who's going to win in PVP? not only do all your spells do 15% more damage from jump street, any stackable buff's off the base damage could make that substantially more... AND some spells have additional duration, radius, distance considerations. If the duration is plus one second, it's got 15% more base damage, plus buffs, we could cast the same spell at the same target and you would do SUBSTANTIALLY more damage.

In short following my respec I have not ONE power I use at a higher rank than I had prior. That was money well spent right? (to be clear the money was NOT the issue, the not being any more powerful is the issue)

Now then.

Every other MMO i've ever played (EQ, AO, SWG, COH, GW, GW2, WOW, SWTOR) has a patch day. Players know when patch day is. Patch day issues can be anticipated. Neverwinter seems to...

1. patch three times a day every day
2. install sizeable patches with no prior notice at any time, on any day
3. have serious issues with every patch (If 5 of the 15 friends I've made have their game crash 15 times a day while we're in the middle of running something, it's serious. Okay? I don't want to hear "The server's are still up and working fine for most players" That's telling us "It must be your fault.")

It feels very chaotic.

I'm a businessman. I understand direct marketing. I understand reaching your target market. I understand the F2P business model. I understand (even if I disapprove) of making everyday needed items cost money.

That said... I don't need to know EVERY time that someone opens a chest. I'm in the middle of a boss fight and in big banner letters in the middle of my screen it blasts me with JOEY WHO YOU DON"T KNOW JUST GOT A COSMETIC ITEM YOU DON"T HAVE, CAUSE YOU SUCK YOU CHEAP DUMMY PAY US. If three or four people get something in a row my whole screen fills with it. In case you didn't see it in big letters in the middle of your screen we also put it in the chat channel too!! My favorite though is when it's in GERMAN?!?!?! A language I don't speak, read, or comprehend. Like I said I understand marketing. People are stupid. People like gambling. I don't mind you doing it, but DAMN YO!!! Maybe limit it to town, put it in chat OR on the screen not both, give those of us who will not only NEVER be tempted by this, but are disenfranchised by it the ability to toggle it off, or here's a novel idea make it for useful items!! The banners aren't for thing's that affect character progression or competitive balance, thing's players NEED they're for what I consider completely useless HAMSTER. Do I want to be CONSTANTLY marketed useless HAMSTER.

The more I type the more frustrated I'm getting. Just an FYI I may not have mentioned... The real reason I'm here spending time typing this is: Every time I hit play the game just closes itself. Now I'm off to other "forums" to complain about the ridiculousness of power points being F'ing RANDOM! Whatever jackwagon thought of that? And a larger group of jackmonkeys agreed and put it in place.