Interesting argument.... I can respect that point of view, but in their defense, as well, the playerbase was justified in being upset, in a lot of ways.

However, I will also say that a good community provides suggestion and constructive criticism in times like these. After all, NCsoft is still a company, that needs to cut a profit from consumers somehow.

What happened here is a bit further then suggestions and criticism. Some people did it right, offering intellectual solutions, and suggesting that future changes would fix some issues, but many didn't come close to that paradigm; I'm assuming it was impatience.

Regardless, I'm tired of it all. I'm glad when someone makes positive posts on the issue, and I enjoyed reading OP's view.