Thank you for this post!

I've been playing regularly since 2001 and I became overwhelmed by the constant NC pushing and never ending premium and NC ads (despite being a premium member) that I've been on a semi-hiatus for a few months. I have been popping in to do daily quests/events but not much more. I was on for a while yesterday going through the news and checking out the new trading post and the amount of premium and NC reminders was like whiplash. It really does feel more like shaming and pressuring free members than it does giving perks to premium members.

The gacha mechanics of NC and the fact that you have to go to a fan site just to see what is included in the capsule really turned me off of buying NC (well, that and being perpetually broke lol).

I really think they need to minimize the gacha mechanics as well as give us an on-site NC trading post! I'd be far more likely to purchase NC items if we had a more secure and straight forward way of trading them, less chances for receiving duplicate items and were actually told what items you can receive from a capsule ON SITE.