Andromeda Phoenix
I'm really starting to think this is just a giant case of Staff having worked so hard on creating a feature that they refuse to believe it's really really broken. It's like they've so much pride in this feature that they can't even grasp the fact so many users have a problem with it.
Yeah, that is really how it comes off.
It's sad that this is what the site is reduced to. All these years and then, they do this. And they refuse to fix it, and bounce back. I wont say Alchemy is going to be the death of Gaia, but it surely is going to continue alienating the users and making them feel unappreciated.
Imagine being a new user and having alchemy explained to you. The scale of it. The cost of it. Would it be an attainable goal to you?
I've been on gaia since 2004- and had this account since.. 06 or 07 I think? and it doesn't seem like an attainable goal to me. Or many others, who've been here longer than me and who have much more plentiful pixel riches.
When Alchemy came out, I asked what the "cost" of backwings would be. I think we know now, and it's much more than I ever could have imagined. With merely the first three levels costing around 10 million gold... and the cost increases exponentially from then on.
Has anyone tallied the cost to get to level 10?