I was really hoping to continue playing this game long term but in the interest of fairness I don’t think I’ll continue to play much after the next 30 days of my aura expires. The time gating and or gatekeeping for progressions just seems really inflated for no reason at all. I personally play these kinds of games to play with my friends - but not all of my friends want to play a bunch of characters or learn different aspects of the game.
The first pain point I’d say is with tradable honing mats. I don’t understand why any of them are bound and not just bound to roster. I’ve got hundreds of mats I can’t do anything with. No exchange, no trade, nothing. Why?
Secondly - Why make tradeable honing mats to begin with and not just let people farm the mats out via chaos dungeons or running raids etc as much as they want. Economics don’t come to much when the markets are flooded and bots are at work.
Finally - Why do we have to play through the story quests multiple times on top of paying for knowledge transfer? Who wants to do the zone quests and story all over again in Rohendal, Yorn, Feiton, Punika and whatever other content is created?
Make the game more friendly for your players and we’re often more open to spending money on your shop.