There have been too many cats for a long time, but consumption is up considerably now that hordes of free to play folks have arrived. 90% reduction is way too much imo. 50% more closely matches current usage.
Creating catalzyers might relieve some of the upcoming shortfall, but we will have to see how much time is involved. And I doubt that many created cats will find there way into the hands of new arrivals from Silan.
So it looks to me like new players will level 1/2 as fast as before. I worry how this will impact new players sticking with the game. But perhaps the devs have decided 1/2 levelling speed will be better for the free to play crowd.
I know that the majority of old timers tend to disregard free to play folks as short termers who do not matter much. But the way I see it, half of the active player population is in this group. No one here seems to be thinking much about how this patch will affect them.
Creating catalzyers might relieve some of the upcoming shortfall, but we will have to see how much time is involved. And I doubt that many created cats will find there way into the hands of new arrivals from Silan.
So it looks to me like new players will level 1/2 as fast as before. I worry how this will impact new players sticking with the game. But perhaps the devs have decided 1/2 levelling speed will be better for the free to play crowd.
I know that the majority of old timers tend to disregard free to play folks as short termers who do not matter much. But the way I see it, half of the active player population is in this group. No one here seems to be thinking much about how this patch will affect them.