I think a lot of people who are new here expect profiles to work when they download them from here not realizing the evolution HB has undertaken, with all the changes (good and bad) HB goes through a lot of profiles simply don't work, although a small tweak might make them work. I suggest a tag inside each profile when created to define what version it was designed to work with MAY help alleviate some problems.
The devs also need to provide a list of difference in profiles between HB releases when they release a new version, so people have the ability to fix a profile for themselves easily (release notes for 1.9.5.5 should list differences between profiles to 1.9.5.4 (or whatever)). I am sure there are a lot of people here who put a lot of effort into profiles and suddenly with a new release of HB they stop working, the devs provide no real guide to what has changed, instantly pissing off the user base who have worked so hard to make their own profiles and share with the community. I am sure most of the profiles here could easily be fixed and updated to a new release with not much work at all, but without much guidance it isn't going to happen.
Maybe it would be better to break the profiles immediately after a new release into "Works with version x.x.x.x of HB" and "May or may not work, probably needs some tweaking to get it to go" Unfortunately the people who control the this board have intimate knowledge of changes that happen in HB and fail to comprehend the frustration of paying customers not being able to use the profiles provided here by both devs and end users alike. Does anyone really want to test a 1-12 profile on a new character, NO, they want to keep leveling with the character they have got, not wait days or weeks for some kind soul to fix what the devs broke in an effort to improve HB, yes they could use an old version but whats the point of that, no testing of the new one. I am happy to fix my favorite profiles between releases, least I could do, some guidance appreciated.
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