didn’t AA have testers
so far this approach to bullshit avoidance hasn’t been too successful
Throwing my hat in the ring, I’d be up for an optional level wipe. If someone wants to breeze through the entire story at level 90 and complain about it, that’s their problem.
Given how hard the bosses tend to be, I suspect people young enough to do that will get a decent challenge anyway. When the metalworker is balanced for postgame and the bosses are balanced for players with good gear, you have to overlevel for everything anyway.
whatever floats your boat came out before AA and it was massive, phantom forces, theme park tycoon came 3 years before AA, lumber tycoon 2 came 6 years before AA, and these are just to name a few!
literally the only people who played the game in its last moments were either new people or people who were really sweaty with durandal and such, if you wanted to go to borealis and find a buddy to do theos with, tough luck