So, I guess in the name of convenience, they're creating a family-wide crystal system.  I hope this is something we can opt-out of.  It's unreal, and impersonal.  It is another step towards ruining the immersion.  It makes sense to have crystals in specific gear, for specific characters.  The more they make things unrooted, and impersonal, the less immersive the game becomes.  Ok, so in the name of convenience, why don't they just make monster-grind arenas in cities, where you pay in bucks, grind the mobs that generate, and afters an hour, boom, you're done, you don't have to go anywhere, you got your loot and exp, and don't have to travel anywhere!  So convenient!  And if they can have a magic, cyrstal collage powering your people from some crystal nexus based in who-know-where, why don't we do the same for gear?  Make it as impersonal and convenient as possible.  Why even have seperate characters at all?  Why not just change character skins and types at will, and have one major grind character for all money and exp?  The more they impersonalize things, the less sensible everything else becomes.  In the name of convenience, let's destroy the graphics, music, geography, culture, personalization..... WHAT IS NEXT?

I do not support the plans they have for the crystal system.  They're going down this rabbit-hole that feels more and more like a nightmare. I feel they're ruining the playing experience for the sake of convenience.  The more life becomes convenient, the less adventurous and livable it becomes.