As soon as I heard this information, I unsubscribed. I came to make my own thread for complaining, but what's the point, ya know?

This is a shame (and a slap in the face) for all the players who put in the hours upon hours to get the 12k+ nodes scattered all over Eorzea only to watch their hard-earned tools get handed to people who finished a couple quick quests.

Anyway, the only way to discourage this behavior (and by extension this new direction for MMOs) is to withhold your dollar from SE and give it to someone doing things better. I don't think anyone is perfect, but SE is way off on this one.