The leveling just got worse...

There was a solution that was viable. NexonAM refused to use it. In fact there are many solutions that are viable.

Let's go through the list shall we?

1. Restore 2x EXP Rep personal buff at minimum. Even 30 minutes every day would be enough to help lessen the grind overall.

2. Put 2x EXP Cards back in the Cash Shop. Raise the price to reflect the new EXP curve such as 5,000 Nx per a 4 hour card, or limit the amount we can purchase in a time frame like a week, but at least give us the option.

3. Readjust the monsters in the highest level areas again to reflect the EXP needed for the players who will be in those areas at the recommended level. There's always room for adjusting things when needed.

4. Un-nerf some bosses but raise the EXP from bosses to make them worth going to. Making bossing worth the effort for anyone. I mean if it's going to chew up a few hundred potions, possibly kill us, and take at least 15 to 30 minutes to accomplish, make them worth going to.

However I did have several Pre-BB questions that never got answered:

1. Why did we get Neo-City which was more favored to lower levels than Neo-Tokyo which was favored for higher levels?

2. Why did we get Kaede Castle at the last possible moment along with Ulu City?

3. Why wasn't Masteria expanded into more for 4th job level players?

4. Nexon said Neo-City 2227 was supposed to be expanded to add more Neo-Tokyo level monsters and bosses, so why hasn't it been expanded past 3 areas with 4 monsters?

1. holy pineapple stop being greedy. I trained to 15x without ever using 2x cards, and for the most part I didn't use rep-2x either. Just a couple times to ease over the bumps (eg. when I died and lost 9%, or when I was in a party with someone on rep)
2. no thanks. Fair for all > fast for lazy pineapplers.
3. has some merit - but is mostly a matter of there not being any mobs greater than 16x. Once those come in, the high levels will be fine.
4. bosses do need major buffs, to compensate for their higher level requirement - since the accuracy formula effectively prevents people tackling bosses early on when they're actually a challenge, the bosses need to be buffed.

As for your pre-BB questions, um, the answer comes down to: Nexon America chose to do it that way.