Tweaks to the new patch
Might I make a suggestion? *gasp* yah I know I'm making a suggestion for once in my life..anyways;
I am very well aware of the planned unbinding store in future updates, however it wont' address the root problem that you are trying to fix because your game mechanic, at it's design, allows it. You said you wish to keep players from buying their way to th end game and flooding the market with things that are supposed to be rare, well making it unbindable even for a price will still do that. I propose making mats more rare and in higher quantities, except for shards, they are so common as it is.
The second item that is causing backlash among the community is alchemy prices. I know you increased them because you need more money, that's OBVIOUS, however it's a huge slap in the face to p2p's, f2p's and even some bnp's. I propose these prices;
3*150
4*300
5*500
That should ensure increased profit, and more comfort among the player base, heck you could even make 5* 400 instead.
The AH also needs fixed for MULTIPLE reasons but that is already being taken care of in it's own thread.
Everything else should remain as is.
So there you go, GodofSkype1 out.

What the fridge is a bnp?
Oh and, I somewhat support the new energy updates. After buying a bunch of gear, I've decided that I WANT to work from the ground up, and craft my own UV 5 star gear. I think crafting my own gear is more in the spirit of the game, and is actually fun.
However, the 4-5 star energy requirement is truly ridiculous. Do you know how much grinding is required to get the energy for a 5 star? An absolute ton. That, coupled with the severe lack of variety in the game, means very very very boring gameplay. This has gotta be fixed.
A bnp=big name player.
The crafting costs are ridiculous so that is why I suggest those, I think they are fair and offer revenue at the same time.
I'd of been fine with
150
300
and 600
Even though I have been willing to put up with the change in the prices since the patch I have to admit they are pretty steep. I have actually put a halt to crafting for the time being in hopes that they might do some reductions. I understand that OOO needs to make money but these prices are huge. I don't care about the crown prices, those are fine, energy costs alone are crazy and only going to get worse. I don't really care much what the prices would get changed to just so they are lower than they are now. The prices you have proposed seem reasonable and I would pay those, however thats up to OOO to decide.
Just let me give this a little bump, there we go.
alchemy prices are fine the way they are, it is still pretty easy to make 5 star gear. Considering that it is the best bear in the game right now it should take some time to save up for...really I still dont find the cost to be that bad at all, I generally have close to the amount of cr/ce i need to make the 5 star item every time my 4 star item reaches lvl 10, might have to do another jk run or something but thats all.
Opinions?