[o Solei o]

I really don't understand all the hate.

Essentially implants were utility-slot style consumables that you could also acquire with Smedley Coins.

Price point seems to be the issue. If they are super-cheap, they make an effective nickle & dime revenue stream for the game, a good source of cheap cert purchases, and a good cert sink for late-game players. If they are super pricey, they generate lots of community grief and nobody wants that.

As to whether they were OP or not, I would really like to see people calm the hell down and let PTS actually test and balance things, instead of just screaming the moment the first pass hits test that it's broken and horribad.