Ra Ra Rasputin posted:

This is what stopped me from even trying the free beta, who the gently caress would of played minecraft if you had to chop 100 wood with your hands before you could make a crafting table or break 10 wooden pickaxs to be able to make a stone one?

What does all this leveling really add to the game besides a timegate, I would very much like to one day see a MMO style game without a leveling treadmill and everything being open, the only limiter being player knowledge and resources.

There are things like that on the small scale with certain games that are very popular but nobody has thought to make a large MMO of the sort.