Indeed we are and that idea is to bring fair refining to the community. We're all tired of paying and suffering for no results. We want something more consistent and not restricted to those with the thickest wallets. Those who have dedication and work hard should be rewarded the same as those who decide to pay to save time. That's what this is really about. I worked my ass off to get where I am but now I'm being left behind by all the people who have the money to refine. I'm buyin a PC and am also saving up for school. I can't be spending hundreds of dollars on a game just to be as good as other people. I'd gladly farm all day to refine, but I can't do that with this system. All I'm gonna get doing that is get some Pollinium. So...I get a chance at refining my weapon, but at what cost? A 100% chance of watching it fail and break. Awesome. Even if everything is balanced in RO, it won't matter with this refinement. People who refuse to refine will still be helpless, nobody will want them for raids, they will die in pvp over and over, and will end up leaving because being at such a big disadvantage, in my opinion, isn't fun. It's fun in games like Dark Souls, Vindictus, and many shooters where skill plays the biggest role. It's not so fun in a "stand there and hit buttons till someone dies" kind of game like most MMOs are. Or to give an example, I love using shotguns in CoD even though SMGs are better in literally every way. I like that disadvantage I give myself because there are ways to work around it and I have fun doing that. I love people getting angry at me and blaming my weapon for being overpowered when really I'm at a disadvantage but know how to change that so things are in my favor. What I don't like is using inferior gear to try to kill someone in RO in pvp only to have them out heal my damage and then 1-shot me. My only chance of beating anyone in pvp is to find someone like myself who doesn't refine. So to sum it all up, fix the refining. You're giving paying players so much of an advantage that it's unfair to everyone else. I'd rather see refining be removed from the game and have half the population leave than to keep things the way they are now. If RO2 becomes completely balanced and introduces lots of new content, that's awesome. But if refining is still this way, I may just move on to something that doesn't punish me for simply trying to do my best and skipping the kafra shop.
Well said Tiduspeco. The new purposed system is coming along nicely, I like the direction it's headed in.