Didn't want to make a new thread, and apologies if someone already posted it, but this was a response from a community rep dev on the official forums to someone asking about items such as Black Belt acquisition.
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Camate: "We currently have no plans of easing the way Black Belt is obtained. Due to the increased level cap, we believe that the ease has already been affected.
We're actually looking into items that are more powerful than Black Belt for the future, and if they were to be introduced there may be a possibility that we re-visit adjustments for Black Belt acquisition."
Not really interested about the BB acquisition stuff, it was never that hard to get besides the egg bottleneck. I wonder what their idea of "more powerful" is (or will be) though.