I had intuition about there being a level cap early on so I used all my gems on double skill points and never leveling unless I had enough gems to get double skill points. Thank God I did. It has made the game much easier.
I think Karnage said it best when he said Thea is a healer and Z'dar's is a mage for combat. Healers aren't made to attack in nearly any game. I don't see Z'dar as overpowered. However, I do see some of the characters are underpowered.
Thanks for the feedback. I had another idea. Adding bonuses to having friends who are certain types of actors who you choose to have in that certain type of film. For instance if you have a horror film you're staring in and you call a friend specializes in horror films to star with you, you get bonus stars when doing tasks.
I've had this issue too. In addition I had 1249/1250 with my GF and I had to complete 5 dates at once. I finished 4 and the 5th one caused me to lose my gf.