Quote: The grind will be much essier on NA release. The soft cap will finally be introduced, hence the reason transfers will be feasile. I want to say new NA players upon the NA release will be able to come close to par with a developed character in a month or so.
As for the promotional ads and such, I'm sure we'll see quite a few when the realese date is set in stone and not tentative. Surely they will have a few investors, go corporate, and then advertising will be everywhere.
To add to everything, anything that has been on the suck list, and presented to AV (aside from carebear complaints), usually get fixed, changed, or whatever to benefit the game.
While the mainland might not be a hot spot for pvp for some guilds, I haven't had an issue finding a red or orange wherever I go on the mainland. So I really have no idea what's up with that.
You roll with the same group of LoDs that always come mainland? They're always fucking with Marithain or Dag. I always rush over there to fight some LoDs since I havent fought any of you since BAJA for christ sakes, but the group always leaves before I get there.