Well my last post was banned so I am going to try and be a little more diplomatic about this. AE has definately changed the game experience. Especially for new people. Now, despite the attempt at stopping AE farming a lvl 1 toon can get to lvl 50 in less then 2 days, give or take. Not only that but its almost impossible now to get teams that are non-AE. I really think there is a serious problem with the game right now. I think that the attempt to let players generate content is back firing and it is ruining the game for new players. Ever since AE has come into existance the prices on the black market have skyrocketed. Take this example; "A new guy playing the game for the first time, he either plays the game solo cause he can not find a team or he goes the AE route and never learns to play his toon correctly. If he wants to get IOs for his toons they are beyond his reach so what does he do? He either goes to a website and buys influence which exaserbates the AE problem or he gets on an AE farm himself and farms. But its the farming that is ruining the game. Cause when no one plays the game itself there are less rare recipe drops, and prices go up. Supply and demand. Now to afford the new prices one will farm or buy influence. When you buy infamy or influence it keeps the farmers in business and the problem just perpetuates itself." So if I was this new player I would not be playing this game very long. 1st, I as a new player can hardly ever find a team and 2 I can not afford stuff on the BM. This is just my perspective on the state of the game now. I have been playing this game since i2. It took me 6 months to get to lvl 50.
