I don't think you realize how much GIVING AWAY free $hit sends a RIPPLE of bad things. Seriously? The people who DO manage to get eremes LEGITIMATELY now will be accused of partaking in the DNA givaway. Oh, and lets not forget about people who BOUGHT Eremes DNA? Especially with zeny so hard to get without spending real cash in the game.
I myself feel cheated on because I was approached and offered 2 Eremes DNA + zeny for one of my Revenge of Hermina that I had put up in AH. Where is the compensation if they decide to NERF Eremes? Or how would I know if any of my DNA was obtained the legit way? HMM? Because of that trade, I even wasted hours trying to get MORE Eremes DNA, which I would not really have attempted to before opening 2 eremes DNA. Obviously you may argue that it was my own fault for not doing my research before buying things, but has the RO community's level of integrity become so low that one must scower the forums for possible scandals before any transactions should be made? There are lots of people who did camp eremes for hours/days who should feel just as annoyed as I do as well-- if they arent already enraged to the point of ragequitting.
Imagine yourself finally getting 1 eremes after forcing your friends to redo the same boring raid over and over AND then they even let you have it (or you were lucky and rolled it) and then you decide that it's WORTH the 5-7k and actually use it (keeping in mind that it'd mean more days/weeks of hunting to even get any rewards at all). Only then you hear about some scandal that gave free DNAs that enraged the entire community. Obviously if you were not affected at all, you'd call for rollbacks, DNA recalls, nerfs. But then there's the small population who were innocent, did not do anything but simply supported the game with KP/hours of grinding who are now subject to possible nerfs/DNA recalls/judgemental looks if we get eremes pet.
This is just the cherry on top. Obviously like stated many times before, it's lost our faith in gms/ cms regardless of what they may say to excuse such behavior. How does a slap on the wrist to one gm repair the lost of faith?
It doesn't.
Now if you were to tell us all GMs & CMs were to lose to ability to create items out of thin air (except for special days where events are planed) from here on out, maybe JUST maybe I'd feel a tad bit better about the unfairness of ro2. I've spent so much money on KP and now I only feel stupid cause I didn't realize I could've just joined a GM favored guild, flirted my cute behind off, and gotten GM benefits.
Sarcasm aside, giving benefits to only a certain amount of players devalues what people have earned legitimately. Im pretty sure now if I flashed my 3s costumes a few people would think -- oh she must be friends with a GM/CM.
Way to go AlpacrackGM or whatever your name is. Thanks for ruining the economy, GM trust, and spreading fear into the server. I've heard of more than enough people quitting these past weeks than ever before. Give yourself a pat on the back!