This is not a rant or complaint. Games can be different with different target audiences. I am writing this because I had a good time in the game.
Returned after some weeks of not playing. Would take me about 4 days to farm to get back into the game and set everything up again. I thought about it, but it is just not worth it and I sadly have to quit. Obviously playing casually and irregularly does not harmonize with the game concept.
Still a good game though! Thumbs up for the developers!
There is a misunderstanding.
Players avoid staffs because they are ridiculously expensive, not because they are bad.
1.5k for the gem + 2k crafting fee = 3.5k to 4k price
You can get shield and sword for 600. Quarter staff for 400.
I understand and respect that the game needs a resource sink to stabilize the economy. But this can be done without giving the player a permanent feeling to deterioration.
Simply establish a value added tax on all transactions and a fee for repairs which scales with gear value. The big difference is this way that you can keep your stuff and can freely decide how you want to earn money.
Another even simpler solution is to let the monthly invasion cycle remove all gold and all items except for worn items and already build houses.
Both is preferable to permanent high upkeep on everything. It is just psychology.
Right now the game is heavily biased against casual players. Most paying customers will not farm 1 day for an item set that lasts 4 days.
It's a good game.
Lovely artwork. Lots of builds possible. Good music and sounds. Interesting combat.
Unfortunately it will fail over time by two simple design flaws.
Syndesia will self destruct. It is just a matter of time until they will all out grief each other and one super guild is formed. Mal adopted people always form tyrannies and those will push even more players away from that planet.
Item durability is a good resource sink. But it will also make this game commercially unsuccessful. It is just a bad solution for a standard MMO problem.
If you pay for repair, instead of farming them, you could decide how you want to generate gold for them, or if you want to farm and what.
But besides that problem this game at the current state is punishing casual players for not playing enough. If you play an hour for five days a week, you will have to farm 2 weeks to replace your gear. Fine by me if this is the vision of the developers. But I dont think they consciously made that decision.