Very well put, thank you for writing this KappaDrew.
To Nexon: I am never spending money on this game again and I will be quitting the game after 15+ years if the cap and nerfs are implemented.
Why is GMS the only server that has a cap? About 620 days to finish ONE character with the current number of skills? I understand wanting to make the game friendlier to new players or casual players but this is not fair to the people who want to grind. This change removes a player's choice on how they want to play the game in certain aspects. Also adding in that since the daily cap is once per account, that means that you are forcing your players to choose which character they want to use for 6th job which again is taking away a players choice in how to play the game and hurts players that have multiple characters at 260 and want to get 6th job for them.
Edit: This is a big point I wanted to mention but, why are these changes being made silently? I understand not wanting to reveal everything to the players, but making big changes without explanation or notice and are only seen right before the patch causes distrust and resentment from the players. You have said you want to have clarity between development and the players, this would count as NOT transparent. Hidden changes such as the meso shop price increase, jett removal, and many others have sowed the seeds of mistrust. This sol erda, oz ring box change was not the first instance of this, it was just the catalyst that sparked the embers.
Until these changes are address and reverted I can not play this game without the sense of dread and resentment. I love this game and have been playing it for over 15 years. Normally I don't voice my complaints however due to all these silent changes and the clear message that the communication between players and you is not transparent I could not stay silent any longer.
I want to end this post saying I don't blame the CMs and I don't even blame some of the developers that just work on the game because they have limited power in the decisions that go on. I will say to the people who do make these decision, please I beg you to at the very least think about being more transparent in the reasoning about these changes and do not hide behind the line that you want GMS to align more with KMS, give actual unique reasons for the changes you make. Start to actually rebuild the trust with us, the players. Because I know that most of the people who work on the game want the game to do well and for everyone to enjoy the game.
