Been running Ridorana Lighthouse the whole week and...

[Awha]

I spoke with some friends and they helped me understand the situation better. So more or less what everyone is saying that being as 24's primary intent is to act as a catch up mechanic, and system that does not favor those that need to gear fails to meet the intention of the content? It was never meant to be impartial just practical, and since the game cannot confirm if someone will use the item, they just give first dips to those that can use the item. With that being said a token system would also not work since that would not meet the needs of those that need the gear as a means of catch up, since the only way to meet those needs if to give them initial priority.

Is that more or less what everyone is saying? I still do not agree with it, but that makes a tad more sense to me.

Read as: I wish I was better at convincing people my way of thinking is right and their way of thinking is wrong because it's my thoughts that are right and not theirs.

I do not think I have ever said another persons view was wrong, I have said I do not agree or understand but I do not think I ever said someone was wrong or my view was better. If I did not come off as civil or if I implied someone was wrong I am sorry was not my intent. It is hard for me to personally understand why people should get preferential treatment, and never like when I was given preferential treatment due to certain factors I am given preferential treatment. Think of it as you will, but please do not say I ever thought someone was wrong, since I rarely ever feel someones opinion is wrong. I still stand by if I was better was conveying what I was trying to say it would not seemed like I support the change in the system outside my own personal bias. I had a hard time conveying I prefer one system over the other does not mean I am blind to the flaws of the system. Since some seem to feel that I think greed all is the better of the two system, which I do feel from personal aspect I prefer greed all, but overall I do not think it is the better option.

To be fair, I was reading into what you were typing out, so like any form of non-personal, non-verbal communication, miscommunication abounds. On that, mea culpa, I wasn't trying to intend you did feel that way, but after reading the whole exchange between the people in this thread: that was my takeaway from your posts.

This whole thing was just, and still is, a giant mess. That's really the biggest issue I feel. Both sides have merits, both sides have valid points and arguments to make, and both sides can be seen as "right." There is no "right" answer, however, other than this: "why take away a feature that wasn't needed to be taken away?" The elemental stuff outside of eureka? Sure, that no longer served a purpose in gameplay. Was that the slippery slope? Is that just overreacting? Who knows, but hindsight is 20/20.

Fair enough, just goes to show that how I was conveying my point gave the wrong idea to some which is understandable, my command on the langue is lacking, and due to certain things my basic understand into social interactions are not well developed. I have tired to say that I do not think either side is right or wrong, and depending on where you state you can fall into a certain category. Though when you are told that your perception is wrong one cannot help but feel maybe if I explained it better they would understand where I am coming from. Someone even mentioned I was backpedaling which was not my intent, but that is clearly what other saw.