I really hope a Jmod at least takes the time, if not respond, to your very well written post. I agree wholeheartedly with everything you've written. With all the outcry beforehand, they really should have done a Q&A before starting this experiment, as was said in the Livestream. Even so, there would still have been a lot of discontent, as they chose to use an event as an experiment for Runepass, locking behind a paywall most of the rewards we normally would have gotten w/o paying extra on top of participating in the event.
That was also what bugged me in the livestream: stating that Runepass required actively playing the game, while just about each and every event (Deathbeard, Zodiac, etc.) required actively playing the game. So there is no difference in that regard. The only difference is, if RP were to replace TH as TH does not require actively playing the game. Just clicking on some chests. For me personally at least, that would have made a whole lot of difference.
04-Jul-2018 21:24:58