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Reason #1 - Gold = Power. The best gear is bought with gold, not earned through skill. The game requires as much time as a full time job to get the best gear, and even then you can end up breaking the piece during regrading.
Reason #2 - Being Powerful = Lucky & Rich. The best gear is bought with gold, and regraded through luck and gold consumption. Without a ton of gold you cannot get the best gear, so skillful players without a lot of time to farm may get left in the dust by people who buy gold, or get extremely lucky during the regrading process.
Reason #3 - Hacks & Exploits. From land grab hacks to teleport hacks, there's something for everyone with this very unrefined engine.
Reason #4 - Releasing Alpha content a month + after release. Trion Worlds promoted Auroria like it was super awesome new content even though it was available in Alpha. Shows XL Games may not be producing enough content.
Those are my main 4 reasons. Overall I think ArcheAge is a great game in theory, but lacks the polish, and execution of a truly great MMORPG. Sadly, I don't think it will improve either because Trion Worlds, being a great developer, don't have control over XL Games, thus they cannot fix anything themselves.
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