Protesting Frontlines

[Nalien]

Again, AP accounts for very little if the gear is even.

And again, that is still an advantage. One player has an advantage over another because of superior/faster skills, it doesn't matter how much of an advantage it is, what matters is that it is there. Why is it OK to allow this advantage, but any suggestion for Morale is instantly shot down just because it's Morale? I've even suggested taking the stats traits away from AP and making Morale equivalent to it, that is literally no difference from a non-miss matched gear but miss-matched AP scenario, but it's wrong because Morale?

The fact that, unless they add new crafted Morale gear, you earn Morale alongside earning AP through Ranking up, makes the difference even more inane in my eyes. Heck, if everyone is getting Morale gear for the same difference AP provides, then there is no miss-match of gear; everyone is in the same uniform.

I'm sorry if I'm coming off as insulting, I'm really not trying to, but it just seems incredibly hypocritical to damn one advantage, no matter what changes are proposed, and OK another under the guise of having a level playing field. There is already the possibility that they'll raise the cap to i90, in which case that just further miss-matches gear anyway; Wolfram/Cashmere/etc. get the advantage of penta melds over anything else. At least with gear and Morale running parallel to the AP bonus you can provide everyone with a standard uniform to PvP in, almost completely removing any gear miss-matches. The only issue preventing that is how much of a grind obtaining PvP gear is, but again, that's something I've suggested be addressed, which is apparently appalling because we simply shouldn't have any difference from gear, while being OK with any difference from Rank. Despite the fact Rank and PvP gear run parallel to each other already.