Surplus should definitely be removed. Quite honestly, it isn't that bad to deal with. Most people that have figured this game out find it an annoyance, but continue to level straight on through it. It doesn't even get bad till around the -50% XP reduction.

SE explained that the surplus was to keep the casual and hardcore gamers closer to each other in terms of levels. This is far, far, far from the case, especially in the state of the game now. It didn't work then, it still doesn't work now. Not to mention, there are times when you'll enter surplus, then randomly (in that same day) exit out of surplus for 30k or so, only to re-enter surplus. The system seems faulty and broken.

Not to forget, the surplus system in general is a game-killer. It stops the consumer from even considering of purchasing the game. I have real life friends that I've tried to convince to play this game, but they ask, "Isn't that the game where you can only level for a certain amount a week?"

If you think about it, why would you want to play ANY game that basically tells you WHEN you can play?

If SE can't or won't make surplus work as intended, then just take it out.




It's a bad image for the game.