Extra Credits - Free to Play Is Currently Broken - How High Costs Drive Players Away

And you know what? I really would like to give Nexon a pat on the back for this. For years cubing was something that was only possible to do if you had bucketloads of cash, but at least now we can do it for semi-free. I'm happy to see that they're making strides to make MS a better game for everyone, not just the whales.

They seriously need to take the next step in this, though. Every game I play except MS has added smarter loot/enhancement systems. For instance, if I play as Thor in Marvel Heroes, 85% of the gear and items I find as drops are for Thor. (This part was indeed added into MS, which I think is great.) But further, non-class-specific items that drop will contain only bonus lines that apply to the character that found/created it. Diablo 3 does this now, too.
What MS needs is a change to the cubing system. We all know how the current system works. Each possible line has a numeric ID and that numeric ID helps limit the availability of that option when rolling up potential on an item. What they need to do is extend that number by another 5 digits (1 for each job tree) or add a bit to it. This number could be used to filter out the options by job type. They could then do one of two things: 1) sell cubes tailored to each job type or 2) filter the potential line list based on the gear's job restrictions. (The second option would mean that generic job gear would cost more to cube than job-specific gear because of the larger pool of options.) The bottom line result would be that cubing gear would be far less of a gamble and you'd always get potential lines appropriate for the gear. Nexon might see this as a reduction in cube sales because ti would take fewer cubes to make good gear, but in the end it would more than likely result in MORE cube sales because MORE people would be willing to spend money and gamble.

It's a solution that's easy to implement. The biggest problem would be the butthurt folks who spent money on the old system. Nexon needs to not fear them and make the game better for the sake of the game.