Quote Originally Posted by Runespider View Post
Main thing all this shows to me is the influence again of Tanaka and that the game is now firmly moving back to the old ways, rare drops in very limited supply to make sure not everyone will get them. Scrolls and armors are first but endgame will slowly start to shift back to the minority too, I can even now see HNM with disgustingly long windows making a comeback under this new leadership. I laughed at the 1500 plate emp upgrades with minor enhancments too.

FFXI all open access is slowly being phased out, i'm not sure how I feel about the game going back to old ways but I know most people are going to baulk at the game going back to the tiny minory having access to a lot of things, for instance it just used tobe accepted that most people would never ever get certain items...but i'm not sure that will go across well with how they have run XI for the past few years. Also yes I know these BCNM aren't that hard but it is definately a sign of a change in direction for FFXI.
I don't particularly disagree with all of your points but what exactly did people want with these scrolls? A hand out? Then what? Boredom?

If you can do everything in a day, the game becomes a joke. Now sure, the scrolls are being overpriced right now because people are stuck in infinite laziness mode and any modicum of effort is apparently too much to ask but how about putting in the slightest effort before complaining? People are sitting on mountains of kindred crests and what better way for SE to cut down the supply?

As more people do WoE, Voidwatch and KCNMs the price will fall and eventually these scrolls will go into healthy supply when the initial rush is over. All I see in many of the whining posts are people spoonfed on Abyssea to the point where even grouping up with some people or trying new content is just too much.