I like your list, but for: I agree that a bracket system is crucial, but how do you solve the problem of people entering with green gear and immediately switching to T2 once they're in? Short of having the game analyze your inventory and determine your best possible gear score among all the things you're carrying (which is…
While true, just wanted to mention that you can still respec for free by converting Astral Diamonds to Zen. The rates fluctuate a lot, but it seems to usually run in the range of 300-500 Astral Diamonds for 1 Zen. At those conversion rates, $3 would be 300 Zen or 90000 - 150000 Astral Diamonds. Even with *very* casual…