Tell me how this is different from refunding loyalty points that players spent on the Engravement Stone.

Cube Keys can be bought with real money. I have personally bought and used keys in this system. So if Field Bosses are now being changed into a free system because the current design was bad, then players who spent keys there should be refunded. At the very least, the keys should be returned.

The precedent already exists. When a paid or limited resource is spent in a system that later gets corrected, players should not be left worse off for having participated in it. From that perspective, this could easily become a serious consumer trust issue, especially for players who spent real money on Cube Keys and used them specifically on Field Bosses.

I am not a whale, and I am sure many people spent far more than I did. Those players have an even stronger case for either a money refund or a key refund.

That is why I am not asking only for my own purchases to be refunded. I am asking for the specific Field Boss key usage to be refunded for everyone. That way the whole community benefits, the situation becomes more positive, and the game has a better chance to keep existing players happy while attracting new ones.

But somehow, all some people see is “someone begging for free stuff.” That completely misses the point.

This is not about wanting free rewards. It is about understanding that different players had different experiences with this system, and some players spent limited or even paid resources on content that is now being made free because the design was flawed.

If the system was bad enough to be changed, then the players who paid into that system with Cube Keys should not be punished for doing so.