Gripes, eh?
I kind of wish planets had level caps, as in, Steele can't gain any additional exp if they farm said area. This idea arises from the fact I lose interest in my character (a me problem) when I hit level 13. I wanted to get a drop on Zeng Shi. The random gods were against me. I was looking for Augment Weave Armor (a 10% drop from punk security guards). I defeated 26 of them before it dropped. I don't know how many mice and big bad black bunnies I defeated--a lot. I arrived on Zeng Shi at 8th level. I left Zeng Shi less than a million exp from Max Exp. I sometimes have the same frustration on FIRS T-14 I tend to like the Steele Industries Armor drop. I can be third level before I find it.
EDIT: I guess this is another gripe. The Aim based Merc has a really hard time escaping grapples unless they train Physique like crazy. That's why I was looking for the aug weave armor so I could spend less "real time" training Physique. I was dumping my "non-Aim" leveling points into Willpower.
My other gripe. The exponential curve for prices, weapon specs and even exp. I often arrive on Myrillion at 5th level. One loop around the Weaxle(sp?) den can sometimes vault me all the way to 7th level. The only thing that doesn't seem to get massive spec enhancements from planet to planet is armor. Perhaps I just don't understand the defense specs well enough to notice how much better one armor is from another? I mean, I keep wondering why Steele would buy hardlight armor on Dhaal that costs 250,000c when they can buy armor with other, seemingly (to me) as good specs, on Uveto that for 33,000c. Comparing armor in this game makes me scratch my head and I "thought"I had an okay brain.
Perhaps that's my third gripe, not my brain, but armor that seems to only make a modest difference in Steele's success without one armor being obviously better in some situations, than another...and, yes, I know how to max out my evasion or build my defense and what differences they make...except they don't seem to make a big difference to Steele's success or failure in combat...even on a pure combat, rare to no tease, builds. Although, honestly, I could complain about my brain too, like how it never fucking shuts up--even when I'm trying to sleep.
Yes, these are me problems, but this is the gripes thread and those are my gripes. Great game. Thank you to all the creators, supporters, et all.