Before I begin I would like to state up front that this is all opinion, so try to take some of it as such and don't get too flamey if you disagree entirely.

A little bit about me, to start us off. As an entirely unknown name in the community I feel I must give a little context. I've played pretty much every MMO in existence at a highly competitive level, or at the very least, semi-competitive. I find relevance there because as much as this seems to be a "time based" type of game, it also seems to borrow heavily from MMOs or RPGs in general which I have a pretty strong knowledge and grasp of so I feel I know what I'm talking about, at least a little.

Which brings me to my single gripe with the game, that being the immense level of gating attached to literally everything in the game. That is, of course, unless you wish to pay, which I understand to be the driving force behind the system being in place but still I feel like this could be better suited to the buffs and gems already in place or even cosmetic items.

Energy based games are almost an instant turn off for me. In fact, I almost didn't play SoT after realizing it relied so heavily on such a system. Luckily, the game's humor and fairly fun mechanics drew me in and kept me there long enough to stick with it. That being said, even I find gating through use of energy and caps to be fine, in small doses, which brings me to my suggestions.

Gating is great to extend end game. With leveling and basic gearing and material gathering, however, it feels like nothing more than an artificial extension and moreover, often a punishment to me. Keep the HoT once a day (or maybe make it twice, because purples are nice too) and keep Paragon Brotherhood stuff at 20 a day so that when you log in every day there's a fairly clear path for what to work towards as an *eventual goal*. However, take away caps on MPs and Single Player missions to give players something to do continually. It feels bad (again, I say all this under the guise of "me") to be able to be "done" for the day. I know a lot of people may think they like such a mechanic. "Well, I can log in and do everything I need to do and then I'm done with this game for the day." In reality though, a large portion of people I know would take it as "If I don't log in today I'll miss out on a full day worth of progression." which can feel punishing.

Take the caps off PVP or at least make them larger. As it stands, PVP currently, especially for a low end or mid-range player just getting into it, is a big game of maintaining a balance within a range of players you can easily defeat strictly for the purposes of your 5/10 victories for the day so that you can attain your 65 devotion rewards for the day. This makes competition nearly intangible. How is a player supposed to advance within a pvp bracket if to do so could seriously hamper the amount of resources and especially free shardium that they can attain in a given week? Taking away the cap or raising it would allow players to strive ahead of their current lot within the game, reaching to attain higher ranks and diversifying the various level pools of pvpers while still allowing them to finish their 'daily tasks'.

Now with these two main points being made I feel like the biggest crowd that will be against such changes, or at least heavily criticize such will be the 'elite'. Players that already pretty much have everything because they started earlier, or, do in fact, spend a little cash on the game. And really, that's fine. They put the work in and all that. However, I feel like these changes could be in their best interest too. Aside from helping newer players reach cap and gear up in blue items faster, thus making the pool of people getting ready for or entering the 'end game' bigger, it would also allow such players to farm up materials for things like rerolls and the eventual crafting system at their own pace. The fact of the matter is, some days you just have more time to play. Wouldn't it be nice if on such days you could, say, run 20 MPs to gather blues to salvage to save up for rerolls for that next HoT epic you would soon buy, and then the next day, when you had less time, you could allot the time you do have to running HoT and doing your 20 various Paragon accepts?

There were probably other points I had to make but I got a little drunk and came back to this so I'll leave it at this. All told, I very much enjoy the game, and on top of that, you guys at CNE have top notch player support. I've opened two tickets and they've both been answered promptly and efficiently. Everything I said here I said because I want to see the game thrive. Sorry for the many walls of text and thanks for taking the time to read this if you did.

Either way, just my two cents.

TL;DR

I think the biggest problem against this is the current lack of content overall. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of limits either, at the same time, what here at the moment barely takes any time to complete as is, and people are already bailing out at the current pace, make it faster to complete everything is just going to make that worse. That aside, my main comment would be about,

"It feels bad (again, I say all this under the guise of "me") to be able to be "done" for the day. I know a lot of people may think they like such a mechanic. "Well, I can log in and do everything I need to do and then I'm done with this game for the day." In reality though, a large portion of people I know would take it as "If I don't log in today I'll miss out on a full day worth of progression." which can feel punishing. "

I don't want to come across as dismissive, but it just isn't something realistic of this type of genre. I'd argue to an extent those people just aren't the target audience for this type of game.

That aside, I'll leave off with what I've said since Alpha. The game is great, but they pushed it out and forward waaaay too soon and too fast. This type of game can't and won't last with the same type of update schedule as BW2.

you're right El, I still play only for meeting friends and chat. I would have nothing against more pvp or multiplayer but I doubt I would play more. the game is already too much life time consuming. I rarely do more than 10 arena or 2 multiplayers .

Bump because I'm a cave dweller who feels the need to be heard

Thanks Elha :)

Those cut-scenes and the card shuffling are dreary. Love CNE player support,they are consistently prompt, and helpful.This is my first try at this type of game, so I can't comment on your other thoughts.