king

I think the update is okay, and I don't think the NC West team has much control over it, so I can't fault them for much of it's shortcomings. There are however some things that they may have control over. There are two main problems with the game at this point, in my opinion. First and foremost is the inaccessibility of items in the game and the economy that go along with them. Things like La Vie Brooch Jewels, cloaks, abundance talismans and t-shirt of the gods being inaccessible to non-paying players has created a gap that cannot be mended. These are items that are necessary to be competitive in the game, and because they are exclusive to the NC Store, new or current non-paying players are being driven to quit the game. You may be making money now from these promotions, but there are no new players to this game, and once existing players have these items, you’re going to be making nothing. I’m sure you have a person in charge of monitoring the in-game economy that you’re trying to build. They must know that the current path is just a desperate grab for money before the game eventually is phased out. You should be trying to create an in-game economy, not destroy it. Adding the aforementioned items through an NPC, available for adena exclusively will improve your in-game economy for the long run. This will drain adena from players who are hoarding it, and remove it from the game. Next you should raise the adena and drop rates, but we all know that is a topic that you hate. These changes will improve the in-game economy long term, and new or non-paying players will have a chance to be competitive. I’m sure at first your gross income will be less, but with more players playing, you will see an increase on players spending real money on things in your other promotions. The second main problem with the game is the current level cap that NC West has ‘inflicted’ on its’ players. NC West has been doing EXP events more and more often, and that’s great for players to catch up to those who are already 105. The 105-106 exp required is ridiculous, and I think it’s time for a change to be made. As far as I can tell this is something exclusive to NC West servers. It was probably added so that paying customers wouldn’t level extremely fast, surpassing non-paying players, and we get that, it makes sense. With all these EXP events however, the average server-wide level has risen. Players who don’t spend a dime of real life money are reaching 103-104. It’s time for this soft cap to be removed. The current EXP soft cap at 105 is now becoming more harmful than helpful. Everyone who has leveled has noticed that their character becomes quite stronger with each level gained. When people are stuck at 105/105, the only way to better their character is to purchase items on the NC Store. This is quite unacceptable to the majority of players, and I’m sure both friends and enemies can attest that it’s driving people to stop playing this game. The game loses its fun at this point and it turns in to something else. These are the two main problems with the game. I know the first is a difficult fix for the NC West team because it’s not completely in their power. The best we can do is keep asking and asking for a change and hope they eventually get sick of us asking and do something. As for the level cap, since it’s exclusive to NC West, I think it’s in the power of the current NC West team to do something about that. Sorry long post tl;dr: make store items available in-game, remove the crazy exp req for 105-106 so people stop quitting.