LivingPoltergeist

If you really wanna farm map 1 then go for a lvl 13 healer. Honestly though I suggest you make a main for high lvl, gold is much easier there. You can just consider that lvl 13 as an extra source of income. Equip drops there aren't exactly common and ethereals nowadays aren't exactly really expensive anymore. It's all about luck but I've had my share in the past of farming 5+ hours and I can't even earn 5k. Meanwhile you can spend that much time every 2-3 days in Ayvondil and you can earn 20k+ gold.

Personally I think this isn't bad for now. At the very least, in the first 2 week we wouldn't have so much abundance of items to the point it's so cheap. Once x2 drop rate/2x drops weeks rolls out, it'll be raining drops. So just be patient. Oh and btw, we also get like up to 4 freebies from chests in dg with potential costume drops so there's that.

I hope there are intentions in the future to atleast slightly lessen the mana consumption of rangers. I feel like unless you're op with energy guild and all energy equips you cant make use of your point shooting to its fullest without using energy pots. Ill use my initial combo with point shooting and then after that Im just an auto attack bot because I cant use my blessing and even dmg skils as much. Not to mention I still have fire arrow and sometimes hail to use. I know point shooting is quite powerful, I just hope they at least make it rangers mana consumption slightly less for some leeway. I dont do pvp cause Im weak so this is just my perspective as a pve player.

As F2P ranger.. All I can say is that Im tired of being so immobile while being super squishy. Seriously trap experts are kinda pointless and we get 2 of it while other classes gets utility and survivability experts. I haven't been playing long and this is just my opinion.