Quote Originally Posted by ExecDude View Post
Right now I am spending between 10-25mil per blacksmith upgrade. All my runes are lvl 10's or higher. I saved up coins for almost an entire week just to zero out today on blacksmith. I was making just enough from banish before to save for blacksmith and do runes. If they want to reduce banish rewards then they need to at least increase Arena or sailing rewards. You can't just take features and items away without balancing it out somewhere else and call it progress. Frankly, that's a stupid way to do business.
Agree.

Some will argue that its a net zero effect since everyone is effected. But its actually a regressive tax on the most powerful players since their growth sustainment costs are much higher.

You top players have just been castrated and told to go start new toons or to go to another realm.

This game looks ever more like its controlled by quasi-capitalists who have a communist ideological philosophy more so than by gamers and those familiar with gaming strategy.

The only way you can extract out a concept of balance here is to start a new toon and apply your knowledge to get on a faster growth curve since the one you are now on is being flat lined. But in so doing its double jeopardy since your real life game play time will now be fragmented across multiple accounts and spaces - meaning you are spending ever more of your life to play. At some point the rational mind will have to ask "is the return on time and investment in terms of 'enjoyment/entertainment' worth it to me anymore?"