my hunting opinions that may or maynot be complaints, not that many care
although ark and caly and maybe soon RT have their reasons im sure, deeds probably are not that good for the ingame economy, it allows those who where very heavy top end cyclers to "retire" with income during their time off and when they come back for events they allow them the gear they need to place high or win outright.
the extreme volume and relatively easy to farm ELM edition weapons destroyed the majority of MU on looted L and a hand full of the crafted L weapons.
the extreme volume of UL armors (the viceroy and adj pixie/musca too) that came from ark and somewhat from RT and caly make L looted/crafted armors almost impossible to sell even if MU says it has a bit of it. anything under gremlin/viceroy should be removed from loot tables they feed the tt machine 99% of the time anyways.
the decreased deposits and increased withdrawals doesn't surprise me at all most who play cant adapt and wont they instead insist MA has it wrong and the loot sux and they get terrible tt returns on 30 ped hunts on prots or strait up dont play at all and continue to copy paste their complaints for years and years.
the need for top end gear for average play is reduced by rings and ESTarmor and pills; and in some cases trapping "techniques" without repercussion from MA despite when inquiring, MA claims "trapping in any way is an exploit and can result in loss of your account".
the major event reward/player category level system being removed/changed in recent years i think reduces or negated a lot of hard grinding from lowbies like me in major events. in my case i was willing to lose 10-20k in tt to win a reward i knew i could get. that is a thing of the past, i am completely uninterested, turned off and repelled to cycle hard in major events only to compete in point gimped level 1-4 instances, against titans that have better odds of better point loots in L5, despite having higher rate of kills in lower level instances.
ive said it before ill say it again we need ALOT more UL item drains similar to the armor plate/shroom faps mostly for higher end stuff that is not crafted.
simply put hardly anyone needs L gear these days so now it has no MU and everybody hates that. but also they want more UL stuff at tt. you cant have both you need to pick 1. the way it is now imo is in MAs best interests, not the players economy. when the peds that can be withdrawn have been withdrawn the % in the coming years reports for withdraws will come way down if things stay the way they are.
i do not however claim that there is no more MU its simply changed from the 2010-2013 norms. those who refuse to realize this and refuse to adapt and refuse risk to find where the MU has gone will continue to whine thats its gone and the game sux and will one day submit for a withdraw if they can afford to and leave with bitter tastes in their mouths and nothing but nasty things to say about EU and MA for years and years.
ive come to learn with younger generations, they want everything on a silver platter for free topped with undue complements and non-earned respect. im ashamed of my own generation and fear for the ones to come.
the "have nots" will always want what the "haves" worked hard for; but wont or cant to put in the effort or the risk or the investment. they will remain "have nots".
glad thats off my chest
take it with a pinch of salt!
