2010-12-17, 03:24 PM
Actually the potential system is more funded inclined Moose. When potential gear first arrived everyone who had items scrolled for ATT and M.ATT and were selling them were almost put out of business.
Look at how much % based Unique Potential gear goes for. Some of the rarest and highest potential gear goes for upwards of 9 billion mesos of which a 3x 6% All Stat Deep Purple Witch Belt. You say it's favored only to top/bottom wearing classes? Actually every class has the ability to wear top/bottom of level 70+ even if limited to only a certain few pieces. Then look at skill and effect potentials which are rarer and even more valuable. Most of these instantly killed the need for people to hire people like Mages for Door, Spearmen for HyperBody, Thieves for Haste, and Bowmen for Sharp Eyes.
In effect the potential system is a double edged sword. You can rarely find off the drop good potentials which can serve you well, but to get the best, well, unless you have the money to Cube stuff yourself or buy the best stuff, you're out of luck.
Look at how much % based Unique Potential gear goes for. Some of the rarest and highest potential gear goes for upwards of 9 billion mesos of which a 3x 6% All Stat Deep Purple Witch Belt. You say it's favored only to top/bottom wearing classes? Actually every class has the ability to wear top/bottom of level 70+ even if limited to only a certain few pieces. Then look at skill and effect potentials which are rarer and even more valuable. Most of these instantly killed the need for people to hire people like Mages for Door, Spearmen for HyperBody, Thieves for Haste, and Bowmen for Sharp Eyes.
In effect the potential system is a double edged sword. You can rarely find off the drop good potentials which can serve you well, but to get the best, well, unless you have the money to Cube stuff yourself or buy the best stuff, you're out of luck.