Quote Originally Posted by Alhanelem View Post
If we all know this, why are people demanding it (or somewhat more accurately, why are people implying they want it to be this way if not outright demanding it)? It's just as futile as me trying to convince any of you of anything.

Instead, simply push the more realistic possibility that most of us here already agree with and support, and then maybe sometime in the future you might be able to ask for a bit more beyond that.

First off, you didn't answer the question. It was pretty straight-forward: why are you still posting in this thread?


Moving on from that, what does it matter if what the vast majority of ppl weighing in on this want is futile or not? It doesn't incidentally, as if no one speaks up for a change, its highly unlikely that SE will even consider changing anything. Shoot, even IF ppl speak up more often than not the current dev team seems to ignore glaring issues as a rule. Asking for the merit WS category to be opened up in ANY fashion is a good thing. Just because the request wasn't delivered in a manner you personally approve of does not invalidate it in any way/shape/form.

Dealing with SE bullheadedness has always felt like haggling to me. You have to shoot very high in your initial pitch. Then you dicker around with them 'til a somewhat tolerable medium is found.

Should the whole category be completely opened up so everyone and their sister can merit each and every WS to 5/5? Personally i don't give a damn, at 1 million limit points a pop i say if someone wants to do that, good on them. Now i along with everyone else knows this isn't gonna happen. Ever. But if a few ppl clamor for that end along with everyone else of the mind that at least a bump from 3 -> 5ish WSs @5/5? So much the better imo. SE will eventually see that some cap raise is in order.

Its not like they haven't changed merit caps before is it?

Another thread like this one popped up a little ways back(not the one that popped up close to this one i think, but may be wrong). In it a poster relayed the gist of a conversation going on in the JP forum that was in the same vein; JP players were asking for a raise in the merit WS category cap as well. Long story short, SE gave some ridiculous reason for keeping the cap at 15 total merits-amounted to 'If we give you more, you'll just ask for more in turn'.

One of the most asinine responses i've ever seen a service provider give a customer. But totally par for the course in regards to how the current dev team operates.

I bring it up to illustrate the mindset of what we customers(and we ARE customers first and foremost here. We are customers and we are paying a monthly fee for a service that SE provides....shoddily granted, but...) are going up against with SE here.

You can take the role of the long-suffering customer and happily accept w/e type of service SE deigns give you-that's your right. But likewise, there are going to be other(many others in this case)that are going to be dissatisfied with the way SE has been running business of late. And its just shoddy and self-centered behavior on your part shouting down the legitimate requests of fellow customers because they are asking for too much, in your opinion.

I could see your stance as more reasonable if this was just some frivolous request on the part of the playerbase. But that really isn't the case. I've slammed ideas here on the official forums and elsewhere that were just stupid, so i get that feeling, i do. But when as many ppl think there is a problem with something-as IS the case here-as do here, its time to pack it in buddy. SE is gonna do what SE is gonna do in the end.

Anyways, i'm done. Next time just answer the question Alhanelem....