Amen Rambus,you hit on main reason i quit..not only is SE letting game die,and screwing ppls that worked hard for many yrs to get ra/ex weapons...(ie bow) they make it easy for noobs to lvl so fast and get equal gear....made whole reason for working those yrs irrelivent.Crafting,questing,farming,camping,to make your own gil,pay for your own gear (w/out buying gils/charc's),took away all aspects of accomplishment the game supposedlly was made for.I myself helped thousands over all the yrs i played....now trying to get help worthless,and very few of the good ppls left in game,sad to see a good thing go .