I like how you intentionally put "testing" everywhere and I hope you don't sincerely believe in that. This "soft release" is one chance this game will get. And I see PW had no problem testing our wallets. If you believe people will come back after Cryptic and PW decide to call this game released - you are delusional.…
As far as I am concerned, when it comes to gear - main problem are endgame epics being BoE. That multiplied the whole exploit problem, among others (like need rolling on everything).
Are you having fun playing the game? Then stay, but don't spend any more RL cash. Just accept anything made by Cryptic (not to mention published by PW) is a short-term involvement until something better comes out. But there is no reason to leave the game you are enjoying.
Not all purples are the same. Problem I have with this game is that the best stuff you can have is also BoE. While purples are indeed very common in WoW and other MMOs these days, top level end-game purples are not. Although there is orange (legendary) gear :) EDIT: I have nice memories from gathering blues in original…
You're right, but I wasn't really considering Founder's stuff, as the whole point of it is to be available only to them. Regarding enchants/runes, give it some time. Still, things most people care about, which is epic gear, can be bought right after you ding 60, if you traded on the AH just a bit. But thank you for the…
I don't think its only about the exploits. All F2P games have a huge rush of people at the beginning, looking for something new to waste time on, then leave when they do whatever there is to be done. And lets be honest here - there isn't really anything "long term" about this game. Quick leveling + BoE endgame epics means…