For instance this current event, no new exalted toon can afford 200 million to buy the support box, never mind the vitality potions from holy water. My 113 tank has been living in Neutral Zone for 1 year already. on the daily she can only make about 20 million a day without ever leaving NZ. Nothing drops here to progress your toon. Even if you get some piece of armor from the aden box, you would have to actually successfully sell it to even buy supplies and generally it does not. If every area actually drops things, artifact crystals, star signs, silente, anything that can actually help improve a new persons gear would make a huge difference. That is what most games call farming! They play for farm for drops and feel that is fun to actually get a drop. Not pay and gamble your entire life savings away. The raid bosses are not dropping necessary things to help this progress along so even many dont even bother doing them anymore because it is not even worth their time. There are no 110 raid bosses so you can continue to expect ketra and varka to be barren of players. Even the reduction in level did not bring more people there! There is no way to progress from NZ without spending at least $3000 to do damage in ketra. That is simply outrageous to any new player and old players all ran away.
The freya ice queen instance is beyond hard for many people. The moment you enter the instance, half the people are dead before the screen even comes up. This instance is no fun for many people, i am surprised no one brought it up. There is something definitely wrong with the mechanics. At least let everyone enter and group up!
Bottom line - Make useful things drop from mobs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why is this so hard concept to understand?