Originally Posted by
Zenzile
Regarding earlier comments about pay to win, I have to disagree as an old returning player. I think, rather, so much of the content requires a heavy grind and time commitment (Chem, Flame, Staff, Plasma Weapons, etc all take time, not money, to get). About the only thing I can think that standard players use is the BAR. This can be obtained from about a month (or less) of grinding plasma corp with the auto pistols and selling the tradables for tro. That said, for most new players, there is just so little information about what to do that I can understand how the game would have difficulties growing. While I did say most content is grind-heavy, I don't think this is a bad thing; in fact it's actually what I like the most about Era personally.
Like any MMO, especially one that's been around as long as Graal, if things were easy to obtain, it would defeat the whole purpose of their exclusivity.
Oh, as for exotics, I personally don't mind these either. It's such an exclusive and endgame goal that I really don't mind. It's a luck based thing, nobody should be guaranteed a chance at these; I do appreciate that they are tradable though as it becomes feasible for someone who has been playing for at least a couple yrs consistently to obtain.
It would be nice to see some neat rewards for milestones that new players can reach within ~1-2 months. The only thing I see now that's reasonable is Plasma Corp (it's possible to get the burner in 1-2 weeks), pking and spar take a ton of time, but everyone who has those items put in the effort to get there.