Well, 600HP, an APA, good skills and special, 10 AP, buffed gatling laser, avenger (if not they were not toys), plasma rifle instead of pistol, at least patrol of 5 guys ---> not easily farmable !
Solar was surely talking about crippling, nowadays its not difficult to encounter just one guy and cripple him. If GL were powerful, Im sure everyone would farm them 24/7
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
Of course the Gatling would need to be boosted, its untouched so far, so will suck.
Usually as time goes on, MMO devs add more stuff, not remove...
Also we've added stuff all the time, but you most likely forgot. I want everyone to remember the first april of 2010.