Most of the issues are endgame loop issues. So as a new player, you won’t notice them. Feel free to ignore most of these doom threads and enjoy the game. The game is beautiful and your first playthrough will likely be very enjoyable.
Once you get into endgame however, meaning you’ve hit max level, gotten your gearscore to 600, and begin your journey to BiS 625… you’ll notice some endgame loop issues. Mostly:
-You need to grind a lot of dungeon mutations to get umbral shards, they’re used to upgrade your gear to 625. As you grind dungeons, you’ll find that the loot sucks from dungeons, so you’re essentially just mutation grinding for shards mostly.
If you’re a PvP player, you’ll be forced to grind dungeons for umbral shards if you want to gear up multiple sets of armors & weapons. This is because the game is very stingy about giving umbral shards via PvP.
-There are no raids in the game yet, and no “endgame legendary quests” that get you 625 BiS gear. If you’re a PvE player, you’ll find that your options are limited to grinding dungeon mutations (with bad rewards), doing world tours/chest runs (with rng rewards), and gathering/crafting. Due to a lack of cross-server queues, it can be difficult to put a group together for dungeons due to the way mutation systems work. So expect to wait a long time looking for a tank or healer.
-If you’re a PvP player, your PvP options are the 3v3 arena, Outpost Rush (OPR), and Wars.
The 3v3 arena is badly balanced, as there’s no rated/ranked arena, no MMR, no matchmaking, no cross-server play. So you’re likely solo queuing into premades with a healer, which they become frustrating to play against unless you’re also queuing with a healer. Oh and while your gearscore gets artificially bumped to 600 in the arena, gear is not equalized. People with 625 BiS gear and know how to press buttons will stomp you.
OPR is equally as unbalanced, there’s no matchmaking so the game could stack multiple premades on one team while you get spawn camped with a bunch of random solo queuers. You would also understand the meaning of bowpr, as OPR could often turn into a ranged dex crapfest full of bows & muskets sniping you from render range that you can barely see. You could still have some good games in opr however, but they’re rare.
50v50 Wars is the current endgame for PvP. As a new player, your options are limited. You can try getting into a company that likely will get farmed in wars, because there’s no way you’ll get into established companies holding the big territories. They’ll pretend to enjoy wars until they get farmed 5x in a row then find it difficult to get members willing to push for more territory. Hours of pve influence push just to get farmed for 30 mins isn’t fun at all. It’s def not what pvp players had in mind for endgame pvp content. It won’t be long before the company you join stops pushing for wars, as it won’t have enough active members left to even try, and likely will disband.
If you somehow get yourself into the war scene, you’ll find that it’s full of drama & politics. Plus there’s a serious lack of competitive wars being played right now, most are just farm wars or companies dodging each other. Which means PvP endgame currently is extremely boring.
-BiS gear, best in slot gear is from crafting. You essentially gamble your money away trying to get BiS gear. Some have success but most end up going broke. They either quit the game or turn to RMT to swipe for more chances. BiS gear are hard to craft, and are extremely expensive to purchase off the market. So unless you’re willing to swipe, you’ll be waiting a long time to try and catch up to established War players with BiS gear. I will be surprised if any new players even reach BiS in the current game without swiping.
-PvP weapon balancing has been a hot issue since probably 6 months ago, maybe longer. AGS acknowledged these issues 4+ months ago, and to this day, we still have not gotten the promised PvP balancing. A series of combat exploits plagued the game over the december holiday break, a lot of people have given up on the game since then.
-The 2023 roadmap they announced was disappointing. There was zero pvp content mentioned, 1 raid boss they’re working on which isn’t enough to satisfy the pve crowd, and more dungeons that will likely continue to give bad rewards. While they’ll be adding some good system upgrades, such as cross-server tech and gearsets, the game really needs more content like yesterday.
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Bottom line, the game lacks good endgame loop for both PvP & PvE. There’s not enough PvP options, and the PvE content lacks good rewards since BiS gear is gated behind a terrible crating system. Too much PvE is forced on PvP players who just want to pvp all day and be rewarded. Rewards as a whole just really sucks in this game atm both in PvE & PvP.
are you like this irl too? GRRR something didnt go my way QUIT QUIT QUIT. No one cares if you quit just do it
why do u people act like you have some insanely good suggestions when your suggestions are 1:1 to what the devs are already doing 
