Quote Originally Posted by seorin View Post
This gets mentioned a lot, but it doesn't hold up. The reward for your effort is getting items sooner. We all know they'll be easier to get later. Early adopters can sell their mats at a higher price or gear up sooner. Either way, they got their reward so it's not unfair to make changes. What's unfair is rewarding them perpetually by letting them get further and further ahead.
The problem with your argument in this scenario is that the ONLY reason currently to get the gear early is to be ready for the next set of recipes. So what have I gained from my favor participation thus far? Nothing. I have gear with great stats that I can't craft anything with. I haven't reaped any reward at all. The whole purpose of me gearing up faster with favors is so that I'll be on the first boat when the new recipes arrive (and because I enjoy crafting). So if they had flipped it around so everyone could obtain double what I have, I'm essentially being punished for participating in the system early. Instead they've made it so everyone can more easily be even with me (not put me further ahead like you mentioned) which is great.