Very Disappointed
I've been thinking about the best way to frame this, but I keep coming back to the same verbage, so I'm just going to speak my mind. I've been playing MMOs for a very long time; from EverQuest 1 to every single MMO since. In all of these games, if one worked hard, one could find the very best gear through drops. I don't really even mind the new genre of game, the "free to play" with in app purchasing. In this particular game, which I must hasten to say, I really love and enjoy playing, I have a HUGE issue that at end game, white crap gear drops off mobs with no hint of decent end game gear. Why? Because Spacetime understands what true greed means. They know we spend sometimes large amounts of money to unlock crates that have the lowest margin of possibility of containing myth gear. How does this impact us and the game? First and most obviously, it impacts us financially. Second and more subtly, many groups simply don't want to group with players who aren't fully geared in myth. You'll still get your plat and gold purchase from lower and mid level players who need to upgrade their gear.
I'm in a very good guild, in fact, the number 1 guild on the server. Most of the members are very cool and very fun and I have no complaints about them, or the way we treat one another. But no matter how good a player you are, generally you can't get into groups that would help us progress simply because we aren't fully mythed out.
Spacetime, people are STILL going to be purchasing plat and gold. So my question to you is why would you set up such a player unfriendly environment where tough elite mobs will NEVER drop myth gear? What would it cost you give us end game players the opportunity to get our myth dropped, instead of having to spend millions of gold to get something I'd prefer to earn rather than pay for? This is nothing but a pure money sink, and I find it offensive and remarkably greedy. I honestly suggest that you take a moment to rethink this situation and create an area or an instanced dungeon that's as difficult as you want to make it, so that we have the opportunity to earn our drops? This can only help you in terms of both customer service and customer loyalty. I'd love to have a response to this question, as I'm clearly not the only player who feels this way. I eagerly look forward to hearing a meaningful answer to these questions. Thanks for listening.
Straticus, 36 mage
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