People are so out of the loop idk why the **** they are talking. The situation on ran and jin were identical... the best players had +18 and average people had +12s. For every Godlyke with +18 boss drops there were 10 other players with just +12s. The same situation was the case on jin for every maha there were 10 ppl with just +12s (OR insurgent +18s which is like a +14 boss drop).
The reason I quit was simple... the trust left the building. Jack Ma famously said "Without trust there is no e-commerce" so without trust in playwith there is no point in contributing to the game (through gameplay or through spending money). Before merge the game I knew was as fair as we could expect. 4 or 5 +18 whales and 10-15 +12 average joes fighting it out. But all of a sudden merge happens and people who CANT AFFORD MR LET ALONE SCROLLS! are in full +18s. Wait a minute we are missing something here ohwait playwith let ppl boost their rings to +18 instead of their tali weapons.
EDIT: Oh and ignore those 2 upg haters... their economic skills only go so far as "People need to make weapons so sell weapons = $$".