Cosmic Exploration progression is poorly handled

[CNitsah]

Sure,

But realistically it is quite impossible to account for several timezones, for several different activity levels, for several months all while sharing a cohesive progression check, and making sure no one misses out on any step.

I'd love to see a good example in any MMO that has achieved such a task while accomodating all of these variables. Do you have one or are we now just asking SE for the impossible?

Yeah, I can see how it can be a problem. But in that case don't promise the opposite, which they did. But there were solutions : locking the base evolution behind quests. Doma restoration did it. The only problem I see with that method is the whole howerboard thing. But make that the first step (it's currently the second) in an solo instancied tutorial and it's fixed.

[Regis_Paran]

But there were solutions : locking the base evolution behind quests. Doma restoration did it. The only problem I see with that method is the whole howerboard thing. But make that the first step (it's currently the second) in an solo instancied tutorial and it's fixed.

If every progress was locked behind personal quest, it would be no different than Island Sanctuary or (as you said) Doma. Only why then even bother with making a "community" thing, when map will look different for everyone anyway?