Dear @Juji
Firstly congrats on l2 team for a well organized, communicated and implemented update.
Now concerning the new crafting system, I am really curious on what basis Ether is a bound material ?!
Players that farm on open field took a major hit, as their income from dropable mats, which were sold in public shop, suddenly got 0.
In order to compansate u introduced new materials. Considering new mats' prices (10k adena) the only practical way to earn some adena is to accumulate mats and craft, which synergizes very well with recipe npc.
How is it possible to accumulate tens of thousands of Ethers (needed for r110 gear) w/o being able to trade and with a daily restriction? You need 100 days worth of ethers to craft a 60% weapon recipe!
The obsession that "Devs" show into excluding players from new content is really irritating.
This kind of issues, alongside with elcyum scarcity, ninja adena nerfs etc, should be addressed cause they send away more and more players every day and for no reason they attract any new.
Best regards,
Q.
PS: I wouldn't be surprised if you soon introduce the aforementioned items as rewards in l2 boxes!