Time is a problem for many people because it’s a mobile MMO, not a sit down and play for hours MMO that you find on PC or console. People play mobile games because, well, it’s mobile lol. Can play anywhere at anytime, but that also means people who can’t invest that much time into sitting down to play on consoles or PCs will pick up this game.If time is a problem then you should probably play something besides an mmo. If dying a lot is an issue i might suggest git gud. If you want stuff free or cheap then idk what to tell you. Assgasorgrass nobody rides for freeFood hardly helps with the hours of mindless lixing you still need to do lol. Not to mention how expensive cooking gets in the later levels with almost no gold return unless if you sell baras which goes against the whole point of you cooking them to use them lol. Also they disappear when you die which will happen a lot. The problem isn’t so much of the difficulty of it but instead how much time it takes. Leveling itself is easy unless if you’re going up against 4* op mobs or getting ganged up on by multiple mobs.Leveling is easy if you use your head. Also, if you take the current plat price of combos and work that out to a dollar value you'll likely have a heart attack if you have a mortgage to worry about. Making new lix with higher cost is a bad idea. Just git gud and follow the leveling guides. Most are pretty much spot on. If you're in the "wrong" area you'll get less xp for killing the same lvl mob as you would in the area your level was designed to be at. Big differences can be seen just by going 1 room over. It's also even easier now with all the op food options. 7k dmg just from a noob lvl bara is amazing. Ofc a lvling toon won't likely see those numbers but they'll definitely see something.
There is literally no way to “git gud” at leveling. I’ve used far above average gear and used a good lixing build, planned out my lixing routes before I lixed, avoided being double teamed by staying aware of my surroundings, and I pick and choose carefully what mobs to attack... I’m still left there having to resto spam just to stay alive because many mobs deal way too much damage and/or have too much hp. Mind you that’s also while on a combo. If you want decent amounts of xp and if you want to gain a level in a decent amount of time then you’re forced to resto spam and lix solo, as that will earn you the most efficient exp (grouping up actually slowed down my xp gains by quite a bit). Not many newer players have the luxury to get thousands of resto pots or 500+ of each sigil.
If you’re going to sit there and deny that it’s an issue after everything I’ve said then I don’t know what to tell you lmao. Nobody is asking for a free ride, they just want leveling to be actually an enjoyable experience. I personally have no problems with the amount of resources it takes to get to endgame, I’m rich af lol, but I understand how hard it is for newer players or players who don’t have access to the resources many veteran players have and I don’t blame any of them for wanting to quit the game because of how bad the leveling grind is, because it sucks. It’s about perspective. Just because you don’t have issues with it because you’re so well off or are already at endgame doesn’t mean that others don’t have issues with it as well. The game is a lot bigger than just you.