I asked Nick and Eurydice in previous post whether the changes in the patch were fair to the players. Most of the feedback suggest that most players were negatively affected by the patch. Since we haven't received a response from the devs regarding how to address these concerns, I've decided to be constructive and offer fair solutions to those who were negatively impacted by this recent update.

CONCERN #1:
If you (as a player) bought 600CE with real money to level up three 4* items to 5* (200CE each over 3 days in combo with ME), then all of the sudden without warning the CE rates of crafting 5* got raised from 300CE to 800CE... now you can't even craft just one of the 5* items.

PROPOSED SOLUTIONS:
OPTION 1:
Reimburse players based on the amount of CE they had before the update and relative to the amount of the arbitrary CE cost increase. Since the CE crafting cost increase was 267% (from 300CE to 800CE for 5*), if the player had 600CE before the update, that player should be reimbursed 1002CE (600*2.67=1602)
OPTION 2:
Revert CE crafting costs to Pre-update

CONCERN #2:
If you (as a player) bought a 5* recipe for 45,000 crowns, learned it, and was planning to make a 5* item. But now the recipe only costs 25,000 and the item now costs 800CE to make instead of 300CE...

PROPOSED SOLUTIONS:
OPTION 1:
Reimburse the player based on recipe price changes, and unbind the recipe to allow the player to sell that recipe since players can no longer play as a crafter for others.
OPTION 2:
Reverse the 4*/5* item crafting bind limitation and reimburse the players the difference of the recipe price changes. Recipes are still bound/learned in this scenario, since the player can now play as a crafter again.
OPTION 3:
Revert recipe costs back to the original prices, and revert the 4*/5* item crafting bind limitation.

CONCERN #3: If you (as a player) bought numerous 4*/5* recipes to play as a crafter, and to help family/friends and guildies craft items. But now all those recipes costs are way less, crafting costs are increased, and you can no longer interact with family/friends/guildies by helping to craft.

PROPOSED SOLUTIONS:
OPTION 1:
Reverse the 4*/5* item crafting bind limitation and reimburse the players the difference of the recipe price changes. Recipes are still bound/learned.
OPTION 2:
Revert recipe costs back to the original prices, and revert the 4*/5* item crafting bind limitation.

I think these are fair solutions to to "make things right" for those negatively affected by the patch. If the devs and other players have better solutions, please feel free to post them here.

Thanks.