Creelo, I often wonder if perhaps the Japanese just love this stuff and eat it up, and so that's why we keep getting more of it. For sure, most of the players that I see wearing silly lockstyles and costumes are japanese.

I will admit getting some great laughs out of the crab mount but I wasn't looking forward to it and wouldn't miss its presence, although I appreciate having a practicably summonable mount.

And yeah, 500 merits is inconvenient to farm, especially having to take breaks to hit the goblin. On top of that, merits are a significant portion of many players' incomes.