My humble opinion on Nexon's path.

If cubes either had an increase rate or were 10 cents each, it be more reasonable. But a dollar+ for it, in some instances $4-5?

Now they just think the community is bat sh`it insane, AND APPARENTLY WE ARE.

I have to agree with this. I'm not paying 2 bucks per cube just for the off-chance that I'll get something decent when that chance is incredibly low anyway. I've seen people spend upwards of 400 dollars on just a single weapon. +_+ With that kind of money, I'd rather buy myself a PS3. Maybe even an imported one to play games outside the NTSC region, idk. Maple isn't the only thing I'm interested in so shelling out that kind of cash just for one character in one game seems extreme. I've never bought any cubes and I never play long enough to warrant striving for godly gear anyway.

It does seem kind of dumb that they make us pay for more character slots when we already have all these limitations in place to earn them more money when people create new characters. The most obvious being the lack of shared CS inventories, and Sharing Tags + SoKs. For Kanna I suppose they were hoping people would spend money to buff up their mains using her link skill. Still a pretty narrow target demographic, though...unless I'm sorely underestimating the population of hardcore spenders and damage mongers playing, heh.