As I already mentioned, 1-50 is much more painful than 50+. Trust me on this. Or, do it 15 or so times, then we can discuss it again, lol. Granted, in RU 1-50 is quite a bit easier now, since they deleted a bunch of the sidequests, but it's still a slog.
Tiers 2 and 3 don't really add as much content as people seem to think. The MSQ through a continent is the main thing. You do that once (per char). Then you get 4 Guardian raids, which isn't really as much content as it sounds, you'll be grinding one until you reach the GS for the next, and eventually you'll just grind the easiest of them for mats. You get the next tier of Chaos Dungeons, but those aren't really new. It's still just a mob zerg, with a little more hp and damage. Nothing really changes. Basically, what I'm saying is that you'll be doing the exact same thing at every tier, there's not much variety except for the big raids. Which brings up the point that there's no reason to rush (especially to pay cash to rush) to the next tier. And tier 1 and 2 upgrades gold costs is pretty low. But, it increases exponentially. Rushing to t3 at launch, with a fresh economy, no leveled gathering skills, no leveled estate, is just asking to hit a wall. Sure, some people will spend cash at that wall, and/or to get to it, but most won't. Spending cash for things to sell on the AH for gold, when no one has any gold will be retarded. Remember what I said before, AH prices will change, the gold cost of upgrades at each tier is static. I could make 5 alt accounts and just gather ore and lumber every day and probably make more gold than a whale, at least early on. (Partially because the whales would be giving me their gold, lol)
I'm pretty sure you were allowed 9 gold boost in other regions, and you only needed 1 character to level through each continent, but maybe that has changed.
Anyways, like I said, I'm glad they did it. But, based on what we've seen from AGS, it's no stretch of the imagination to think they don't know what the fuck they are doing.
