User blog comment:XAero/PERM MELEE WEAP?!?/@comment-5599774-20120604085017/@comment-4713738-20120604101536

The permanent specialist sale was a compromise between the spec-lovers and spec-haters. The spec-haters wanted a nerf, the spec-lovers wanted permanent specs, which were in very high demand at the time, so Nexon gave them both what they wanted.

Permanent melee weapons are not in such a high demand, probably because nobody really realises how much a permanent melee weapon is until something comes along to remind them. Now that I've seen this blog, I have a real desire for a perm USMC KA-BAR.