One million limit points for a sidegrade? What is the Dev Team's logic behind this?

[Alhanelem]

Cooperation in itself is an accomplishment; this is why you get a greater sense of accomplishment by teaming up to beat something (that necessitates it).

Although I don't think solo play should be innately discouraged (many people simply like being in an active, changing world, they don't necessarily like working with all the other people in it), I don't think saying "go solo it" is an acceptable solution to grouping problems. There should be plenty of things that can be done solo and plenty of things that can be done in a standard group. They need to cut back on stuff that is difficult without an alliance, as alliances tend to be more frustrating as you're depending on a larger number of people to not mess up, and that's assuming you can gather that many in the first place.

[Runespider]

I would of prefered the WS cost 10x as much if they were the new standard 99 ws, as it is most aren't worth the time you do put in anyway.

Maybe they will listen to the rage and add higher upgrades (I doubt it though) balance and shit.

[Ravenmore]

What I find BS is half of them are not even worth it at 5/5. With how fast we get exp now you would also thing it would be a good idea to let us merit all of them, not much of a added time sink but its still a time sink.

[Corres]

inb4: this is a mmo. they want you to play it long time.

[Meyi]

Um, weren't people just complaining about having nothing to waste all of their wasted merit points on before the update? Shouldn't we be thanking the devs for a huge merit sink so we can keep playing in Abyssea without feeling like we're wasting our time in there?

If the weapon skills are that bad, you don't have to waste the time trying to get them. Be happy with the stronger innate weapon skills and move on...

This forum confuses me.

[FrankReynolds]

Um, weren't people just complaining about having nothing to waste all of their wasted merit points on before the update? Shouldn't we be thanking the devs for a huge merit sink so we can keep playing in Abyssea without feeling like we're wasting our time in there?

If the weapon skills are that bad, you don't have to waste the time trying to get them. Be happy with the stronger innate weapon skills and move on...

This forum confuses me.

I don't recall anyone saying they wanted to waste merits on crap. We could already delete and re add merits to our hearts content. People wanted the merits to actually do something.

[Ravenmore]

inb4: this is a mmo. they want you to play it long time.

You failed to see THAT was my point. Why limit it to just being able to cap just 3 when allowing you to cap them all would end up with you playing longer I.E a time sink but no they said you can only cap 3 out 5/5. The only logic that only letting you cap 3 out would be so you removed the merits to cap out another weapon but when half are crap and the other half are between ok and good its not hard to pick 3 and never look back. If they were all between ok and good I could see it but lets be real.

[Greatguardian]

Be sure to thank the nearest Empyrean weapon owner who screamed bloody murder when these weapon skills were tested out initially.

Like who? And where?

I mean, it's so recent, I'm sure you can find these Empyrean weapon holders crying foul pretty easily.

But you won't, because this is just another typical Hayward hatin' post. You so mad, bro.

[SpankWustler]

Um, weren't people just complaining about having nothing to waste all of their wasted merit points on before the update? Shouldn't we be thanking the devs for a huge merit sink so we can keep playing in Abyssea without feeling like we're wasting our time in there?

You could also go in another direction with this line of thought.

People would be happier than a homeless man in a heated public restroom if all of the merit weaponskills had the same utility as Tachi: Shoha and cost five or ten million limit points to cap.

As it is, putting merits in some of the under-performing weaponskills is pretty much the same as switching merits around for Voidwatch procs. Just a function of being at capped merits in a time when merits come easily. That's no change.

[Atomic_Skull]

I don't understand why people keep repeating that all the new WS suck when that is in fact only true for 4 of them.