Quote Originally Posted by Niwashi View Post
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It's not permanently. It lasts untill player A got everything and won't get more and player B reaches up to him. Just like how it was when I first started playing, people were running around with their AF1 gear when I was just a "weed". In the end I got up to their lvl and got my own gear and I was equal, and had to wait a long time before anything new came along to grind up.
You will never be left behind permanently. It will only require some more time for you to catch up, that's all.