I couldn't agree more...

An other thing i hate is the eliminator mode. At first I thought it was great and fun to play between the races in the grid, but in the higher speed classes, particularly phantom, it's just ridiculous. I doesn't feel like a test of skill, but test of how many quakes and repulsors you can get. Luck plays a big role, as you must hit ships with low shields. If they have much energy left when you are just softening them for the opposition, so theoretically you can hit with every weapon from every pad without getting a single kill.

I think it would have been better if they removed the superweapons and lowered the energy, so that when you hit someone, they die. That would, in my opinion, make the mode dependant on skill, and therefore more fun.