Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24691642-20141013090427/@comment-17760674-20141016032007

Power creep has been scarily fast for the past few months. The release of Amenonuhoko probably encouraged it, but I don't think it was until "Ayakashi Anniversary Tower" that the recent power creep really started to pick up (it was already faster than how it was in most of 2013 with the addition of GCQ and maybe with the 5*-for-GA system, so by "really started to pick up" I actually mean that it really started to pick up lol). The anniversary tower was special, so it's expected for it to have significantly stronger cards--but then the events after it were apparently designed with moolah-sucking motives:
 * Sei Shonagon
 * "Interstellar Tanabata Festival: Tale of Yggdrasil"'s original layout
 * While people ended up being disappointed by the daemon placements, Rota is better at her PVP job than Bifuku
 * And suddenly, SWGs became a lot more accessible
 * By this time, it was more common for free players to have accumulated a good stock of DN
 * and it just to happened to coincide with Naglfar's lower item cost compared to the previous 2014 SWGs
 * And then there was Titania (Werewolf), who was released around the same time as chain skills
 * And those chain skills suddenly made the already powerful King's Sword and King's Vestments (both in PVP and in conquest!) super powerful when used together
 * Don't forget SSC! Caladbolg and Shield of Achilles and recently Moon Viewing Pickpocket and arguably Selene (higher cutoff than usual, so that's why it's "arguably") and arguably Moon Mikazuki (excellent for taking down divina WGs, including SWGs, but not exactly great for everyday PVP unless you only hit divina whales)