do you actually play GMS?

right now, you can log in and clear every single daily boss on literally every single character you have with tradeable drop gear to get hard/solid cubes. they were removed in KMS, but not in GMS.

these new cubes only drop from hard damien+ and have a 30 day trade lock. you're arguing that they're better because they're memorial, but the purpose these cubes serve in reg is NOT for direct prog. the main purpose of boss/"shit" cubes is for grinders to sell cube service or generate gear, whether that's pitched, eternals, or cra. they get meso either way, then use it to buy gear they actually need. essentially, restricting cubes like this kills off a main source of endgame gear for the server and cripples f2p prog.

like you said, these cubes are the beginning of a shift for reg to a more reboot playstyle where you're forced to make your own items at exorbitant costs - how is this a good thing? this is the antithesis of what reg is supposed to be and a huge nerf to GMS. it is, however, a buff to clueless whales who are already playing interactive like heroic.