So I was looking in the forums to find if anyone suggested changes for monk and the devs responded. Then I saw this.
"I still agree with myself, but would like to add:
* Please do not lock any/all new recipes behind the shields. I'm legitimately concerned that the devs may consider doing this even though it's a horrible idea."
So let me get this straight the game is trying to keep us playing hence they add new things to acquire by doing things crafters have all done "synth." But damnit don't put a requirement to get some new synths with KI by doing the shields? If they didn't put a requirement on these recipes most would see no reason on why to do the shields in the first place. So basically "I want new challenges and things but don't make me work for them." Jesus seems the type of players these days are either new or haven't played since the beginning. No wonder SE is confused what to do to make this game continue. "They want new things and items to acquire but damnit make it extremely easy with 3 mins of work." Challenges or new things take time to make the game continue being available if they made everything fast and instant the game would have been deleted years ago. Now begin the trolling: