Gold stats on the red ground now is ~30 points lower than what could be rolled in the past.
Gold stats on the new tool essence is 20 points lower than the max roll on old red gourd.
+4 elemental resist is gone altogether.
This literally means newer players have ZERO chance of ever having tools that can compete with older servers.
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I'm already forced to fight people 4 - 5 months older in spacetime. They have huge refine advantage, big level advantage; and now they are even going to keep a ninja tool advantage? How is this even remotely "fair"