Is this not the point of the game? To retire and get heirlooms? XP gains? Why play if there is nothing to look forward to? The constant nerf is getting old.
heirlooms were never intended to be a central feature of the game. Originally they were implemented to ensure that 90% of the population was not always above level 35. But that was when the game was a slow paced and geared torwards progression.
you youngyins have no idea how hard it was once to get to op status before the previous steam sale. And leveling was impossibly hard as the very few players in the game could reach level 30.
After the steam sale the crpg pop went up by 500% and getting gold was easy. With almost 120 per round as opposed to the 50-60 per round (25 on the NA).
So it was logical at that time for chadz to assume that retirement (which at that time was expensive) would be hard to achieve! (and it was until steam sale)after that we had people grinding like crazy sometimes getting 200 per round and working torwards genning like wild mindless animals
and now since gold is no longer an issue, some people's insane drive made them focus on exp like crazy!!!
since exp became the primary focus of the ... zombies, it became all that mattered to them (MAORAMARO MAOR GRING GRIINDDDD NOTHING MATTERS BUT GRIIIND)
and now that exp has been nerfed you find yourself lost and without purpose
in short, if you play this game only to watch two digits rise in value, go play something else until it changes
I however will have fun experimenting with new ways to play... but im done with cavemen