There are some good points made. I am a light elf dagger, probably the most nerfed character on the server. Can I hunt above level 3 in TOI and 82+ area of DV yep. Here’s what it will cost me per 10 hours in those places: 40k x 33, 1800 x 440, 30k x 22 or roughly 2.7M. Now, since I’m unwilling to lose 5M+ a day I make exceptions.
First, I looks at all the skills that cost spirit ore, I don’t need acumen, wild magic, empower, mp+hp regen are both 30 spirit ore an hour, If I don’t hunt t my level I don’t need either of these, same goes for ww, beserk, magic barrier. This leaves me with only 4 skills that cost spirit ore and 3 that cost zero.
Once again, if I am hunting mobs 10 levels below me, I only need 5k hp pots for a 24 hr period.
Moreover, I do not need atk/def scrolls.
Unfortunately, if I farm cruma lvl 64-75 besides it being packed, 1 mob is blue to me and I can hunt without ss there, but I blow through grace at an alarming rate.
Fact is, there are ways to play close to F2P, but not completely if your time and resources are worth money. I could very well break even if I boxed 3-5 accts, however I make a pretty good living using the other 90% of my computer’s resources for work so I’m unwilling to box, or unmothball my laptop to keep my character from falling further behind. There will be patches, there will be in store items, you won’t have them first, but you will get them.