When I first started playing nearly 2 years ago, I had no complaints. I simply grinded hard on a daily basis to level up my ships and to collect new items. For the first 8 months, absolutely no complaints. I worked my butt off to earn resources and leveled up all my ships. I even watched my captains level increase and enjoyed receiving the reward at each new captain level. I also enjoyed collecting the rare items and upgrading them to level 5. Lastly, I didnt mind the grind because I also saw my infamy increasing as well. There was a lot to look forward to, and there were attainable goals that I could reach with reasonable effort.
Now, all of that has changed. I've been at captain's level 50 for months now, which is the max level, so guess what....
increasing captains level is something I can no longer look forward to. Also, there is no longer a reward to look forward to for increasing captains level.
After a year of playing, I realized how long it was going to take to find and upgrade epic items. It was a year and a few months before I could get my epic items to level 3 and even a few more months to finally get them to level 5.
So guess what, I nearly lost interest in the game because it took months to upgrade a single epic item to level 5. I haven't and will not mention legendary items. Let's just say that I didnt have one until they were made available through achievements.
Next is the powercells issue. A year ago when I had all rare weapons, I would still look forward to playing the game, because I could still earn a few rare powercells each day. Once I got a few epic weapons and depleted my collection of epic powercells that took me more than a year to acquire, I soon realized that I was screwed. Guess what,
I could no longer look forward to upgrading my weapons anymore, because if I'm lucky, I might earn 6 or 7 epic powercells after a week of play, which is simply ridiculous.
Now once a player has become a veteran and played for more than a year, there's almost nothing to look forward to. The only thing a player can do at this point is wish that you would stop being so stingy with epic powercells so we can upgrade the epic items that we've spent so many hours trying to collect. You're asking for a lot of commitment when you want your gaming community to flourish,
but as time goes on, players have less and less to look forward to. So people like me who have been around for 2 years slowly become frustrated and lose interest. The only thing that keeps me playing (which is a lot less these days) is the fact that I enjoy my guildmates. But that won't be enough to keep me playing when there's nothing else to look forward to.
Look at all the useless items that I have in my inventory, because 2 years later you continue to give me uncommon and common powercells as though I haven't upgraded any of my items. That makes no sense. The rewards that I receive should not be the same exact rewards you see fit for a new player that's just starting out. Seriously..... look at my inventory.
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What's enjoyable about knowing that I will have to play at least a month or more just to upgrade one epic item from level 4 to level 5? I do appreciate the new ships, but geez, how long will it take me to get those leveled up enough to use against the NML players that I'm always up against? Personally, I can't afford to pay hundreds of dollars to upgrade ships.
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