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Out of the lower level instances (under 50) I dropped event stuff only in Steel Rake and Theo Lab. DP might be dropping too.

Most people hate this system. There is nothing good about it. There are of course some apologists like the poster above, but the general concensus ist that the system sucks. An official statement was something along the lines of "it's been like this in 4.6 and yes, the update had its flaws, we still loved it, and manastone socketing was part of it". Coping yourself out of trying to improve the game is beyond me. I mean, sure it's one of the most beloved versions there's ever been, but not taking the chance to make it even better is something I'll never understand.

I do understand your point. Maybe I wasn't so clear on what I was trying to convey. I was only trying to elaborate why exactly other methods don't work for many users. I wasn't asking for the return of PayPal. It's very understandable that it's the best choice to simply remove a payment method altogether if it's so extremely unreliable. However I want to make clear that the player base is starving on ECoins, and that we need a solution. For exmaple, we wouldn't starve for ECoins if the items provided by the shop (some of which are quite essential for the game, like socketing aids, some like the Legion Pagati are borderline p2w) were also attainable ingame for everyone in a way that's not ridiculously time consuming (like voting for the server, which only gives 5 coins per day, when you need several thousands). Do try to design the game or shop systems in a way that doesn't make it depend on ECoins so much but balance it so purchasing ECoins will still remain a valid option. I know that many ECoins are being provided through streamers, but even now it seems that it's not enough when we have to rely so much on items from the item shop.

Credit cards are a dying payment method. There is simply no advantage in using those anymore. Younger generations (35 and under) will most likely not have a credit card at all because it's simply a relic of the past. Generally speaking, most people playing this game are simply using more modern payment methods. The only ones who still use credit cards most of the time are Russians and Americans. The former are legit players of course, the latter aren't too present in EuroAion. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that most people have moved away from credit cards onto more modern and more convenient payment methods, the most popular of which is PayPal. You can easily see how most people got absolutely screwed over from the removal of PayPal if you watched the ECoin prices since then. You just really gotta accept that PP is the payment method the majority of your players not only prefer, but is the only way they even could make a purchase. We urgently need a solution.

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