@Grimoir,
Have u even tried leveling a new character? Believe its so much harder now to get gear and certain levels are internally "softlocked" in progress. currently even if u finish C2A. ur pretty much softlocked on that gear until at least countless weeks if ur lucky, otherwise u need to pump $$$$ to get past the lock. you are looking at the viewpoint from clearly a player who has finished and reached nearly the end gear. bro trying gearing from the start again now and see the pain.
Sure easy mode dungeons u dont wipe but it takes you way longer to clear. what other ppl are saying is there needs to be easier ways to get gear progression even after c2a which is clearly the problem right now.
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ET <--c2a gets you here barely enough gear to barely do this even then ET raids are rare to recruit for.
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IA <--No one even recruits much for IA raids, next to impossible to get into IA raid now. the only way to get drops is from sell raids.
BM <-- all the ppl who can do IA easily, are now here doing BM. Most dont even bother with IA anymore unless selling drops for gold.
Currently if u did C2A ur finished at probs quite simple gear. sure u get silversteel access but those arent even upgraded and takes tons of mats more than countless weeks worth and now ur softlocked because the breakthrough items are in the 50x sanctum core boxes which with ur c2a gear doubt u can even do the normal version of the dungeons let alone not get kicked, unless u got really good buds who are already far in their gear willing to carry you. Sure easy mode drops it but from what ive experienced it is literally more rare drop than the Sun Access box which is Legendary.
so once you get ur c2a thornbreaker weap and silversteel earring ur stuck because u need IA weapon mat to even go the next level but there is literally no raids even bothering to do much IA that is progression or recruiting/willing to carry new players that isnt a SELL raid. Most of those ppl who already selling IA raids drops are literally doing it only for the gold from sellers. The ppl who can do IA are already on BM raids and either do BM raids or sell IA raids drops.
But as a new player even if u did C2A where do u even get the gold to buy the drops dropped? its literally like 10k gold for weapon mat. 10k gold isnt easy to earn for a new player even after C2A. hate to burst ur bubble but because there is a lack of IA raids or ppl willing to run for new IA raids there is gap in gear that is literally softlocked right after c2a gear.
There are clear problems with ur logic here let me explain:
Keyword word is "it may take a bit", nobody wants to take 30 mins to do an easy mode dungeons because ur gear is C2A gear. used to be 10 mins runs tops now its like 15-30mins depending on gear. why NCsoft did this i dont understand, even now the bosses have more hp in easy than they did previously which is stupid.
Nobody expects high end gear for free. we all get that, the problem is the effort currently required is too much and too many content in the middle are run as often. Cue IA raids where ppl who can do this easily now either do sell runs only or are busy doing BM raids. there is this large gap in the void between those who newly started a character and those who are already long past IA. there is no way to progress unless u have gold or sumhow manage to get recruited into an IA(which is next to impossible).
LFP, ur taking the community too soft here. No one wants to party with sum1 who is undergeared especially when now content is much tougher. ever tried TC and get stuck on volkari even in easy mode because u cant meet the DPS? sure u can do mechs but i doubt other ppl in ur party will do mechs in EASY MODE. U are definately not clearing volkari with ur c2A gear if everyone else also had c2a gear. You need to open ur eyes and look at what the ppl here are complaining about.
PPL here are complaining about the fact there is literally the void in progression after u finish C2A on a new character which isnt healthy for the playerbase growth on a game which is already dying. there is now a huge gap in the void of the playerbase where there are the long standing players who are already BM lvl gear and the other spectrum is those who started C2A. there is not much players in the middle level gear here. this problem.