My AL Experience
I have been playing on and off for a long while. I still have my level 26 banner that i sometimes wear just for laughs. After a hard day at work I like to log on, complete the story quests (Make some good gold selling Crawley), ask the new guildies if they need any help, then i hit the elite maps with a few buddies.
Im not a big plat buyer, but i always like to have a few on hand because sometimes im too lazy to walk all the way to the boss and i like to avoid party wipes with resets if were having alot of trouble that day. My buddies and I all wear mythic armor, wear mythic rings and amulets and have mythic weapons. We can complete any map in the game (Usually in 30 min. LOL i know we stink) and we spend most of the time making fun of eachother.
I read alot of messages on this board about people wanting arcane rings, the latest weapons and crazy pets. I dont have those things and realistically i never will and im fine with that. I know those items arent directed at me and my buddies, but are for the small percentage of the players who spend alot of real money on this game. These MMO games make the majority of thier revenue from that small percentage of players who do drop thousands of dollars on the game. It makes good business sence to cater to that crowd buy offering very powerful items.
It is not realistic to think i will ever own an arcane item, but it is very realistic to level a character to 41 in a week, farm enough gold in a few months to buy mythic armor and weapons and complete even the hardest elite maps in the game. This game is very much free to play in the PVE environment. The PVP aspect can be very competative and its only natural that if someone spends a great deal of money on this game, they probably will be able to beat you.
There were rumors and uproar of twinks competing in the last event just to level up at the last minute to finish on top of the leader board. This was proven mostly false. Now theres rumors of STS nerfing crate rewards due to plat farmers; probably also false.
I still very much enjoy this game. Im currently saving for one of the newer mythic weapons and with enough time and energy it is entirely obtainable without using real money.
Try to remember this is a game and its purpose for the end user is to have fun and make a few friends.
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