There should be a Gremlin NPC that sells Mist Tanks at the end of any tier dungeon (Near the Spiral Warden, next to the crafting machine). Each tank will cost 2,000 crowns, and you can only buy one every time you finish a dungeon. Furthermore, 3 to 5 star crafting MUST be done with CE because you can only carry 100 ME at a time, and 3 Star items require 200 energy to be crafted.
I know some of you are going to disagree with me, but let me lay down the facts.
A full dungeon run requires 60 energy of any kind. Tier 1 dungeon runs can earn you at least 4,000 crowns. If you reach the end of a dungeon, you can only buy one Mist Tank. Since you have to finish an entire dungeon, that means you'll probably end up having to fight a boss. So when you clear a dungeon, you have the opportunity to refuel on energy for a decent price. The main reason why the tanks are so cheap is because CE will always be a necessity, due to the fact that you can only carry 100 ME at a time so you can only get to tier 2 without buying CE, which means people will have to buy CE no matter what.
Even if CE prices drop, it won't matter because all CE in this game is CE bought from other people. If people stop buying CE, eventually there will be no CE in the game and nobody can craft anything decent. Basically, the economy in this game will be much more balanced. Less CE will be wasted, new players won't have a hard time, and CE will stay at a steady price rate of 4,000 crowns. Which will be a fair price due to the Mist Gremlin at the end of every dungeon.
So let's summarize what these changes will do.
-A much more stable economy
-Newbies won't have a hard time getting to Tier 2
-Dungeons are more rewarding
-The game will become truly free-to-play
-Players will still buy CE
-Less grinding
I hope you all support me here. Please, these are the changes we need. After these changes go through we can all stop worrying about the economy, and focus on suggestions for the game's development. Things like new monsters, items, level designs, missions, and maybe even different cities you can explore besides Haven. Wouldn't that be fun?
If you made a petition on this, i would sign it a hundred times :) but you should make sure the gremlins can only sell them to you 'once' on the same dungeon trip