New Player Feedback 1-21-2022

[Niph]

It shocked even a level 80 player when I told him that I needed 146 blue books and 76 red books which actually only covers the ice spells not the fire ones

Fortunately, you need none of these, you need Frost Nibs (albeit, I agree, in pretty large quantity).

To many players, me included, the game sometimes seems flawed like that, when it fact we didn't research hard enough other ways to get what we want. Some may rage quit, some keep trying.

Even me complaining once that I needed to grow 5000 barleys for something eventually was in fact not really true (or rather, is no longer true). So to anyone reading this: don't give up, there is probably a simpler and easier solution to your seemingly impossible grind.

[Semblance]

Longtime solo player here, go by Sem in game. I mostly wanted to say to anyone new reading through this that the game is viably soloable for the most part, aside from the higher level dungeons of course, and even then some of them can be done with enough gear and grinding. I've gotten multiple combat skills to cap and have multiple other trade skills and random stuff high or at cap as well. That being said, yes it is a grind and a lot of stuff will suck for a while, but it is very possible to solo most of the content in this game. I honestly can't say that for the vast majority of MMOs out there, where you're gated through group content or everything after cap requires a group - and there's little else to do aside from that. I haven't done a single daily dungeon or anything Gazluk+, I don't buy gear to rush ahead, I simply take my time and use the markets for materials (when necessary, or feeling lazy) and for selling stuff I get from slot machines (all of my phoenix eggs came from the casino, woo). Tl;dr - if you want to solo, solo your heart out, just don't expect it to be fast or easy. I'm more than happy to help anyone on the solo path with advice or suggestions as to how to proceed if stuck or lost!

Regarding the community at large, I've played MMOs for a very long time (read: I'm old) and this is one of the least "toxic" communities I've been a part of. It's the main reason I keep playing to be honest, I can't stand the types of players that MMOs these days tend to accrue in spades and thusly avoid playing those games altogether for that reason alone, which should say something about the quality of the regulars and the devs/admins. The ones that do show up and are indeed "toxic" tend to filter out due to the nature of the game and the community after some time. They tend to be the ones who try to rush to the 'endgame' content as fast as possible, from my experiene at least, and then get cranky and ask where the real content is. Wrong mentality for this game.

While statements like the OP's can have merit, I have to question that particular aspect of it considering I am very intolerant to negativity in an online community. This place feels comfortable.

[Mikhaila]

I will agree with Sem on the level of Toxic people in this game. It's by far the best community I have found and the guides and devs have a lot of rules in place to try and limit the toxicity. This doesn't mean you will like all the people, and it doesn't mean you won't find arguments. And yes, sometimes you will ask for help and not get the exact answer you want, or may get more info than you wanted. But overall it's a helpful, mellow community.