I really think the complaints about having to grind are very unfounded.

What had to be done during Ep 1 to earn enough flezz to get the DML – that was grinding.

With the flezz restructure every clbum can get good equipment fairly quickly. The power reduction due to pwning forums beyond your level can very easily be overcome with consumables and a little patience. I’m sorry to those who don’t think they can, you are in fact doing it wrong. The job board is a ****ing brilliant addition that accommodates every level and hands you enough flezz in one visit to pay for consumables, so you don’t even have to wait for deliveries.

A brand new player, with no idea of how charisma and luck work or how to allocate build points might have a grinding problem, but otherwise I’m pretty damn sure it’s possible for any clbum except perma or re-re to go from brand new character to level cap in under 5 weeks.

Even if a player doesn’t want to overrun their level, instead of mindlessly grinding you can take jobs and gather .moar files.