I'll add that I had a thought for an option of halving energy costs, with halved drops & payout, as a choice every time a new party is create on a gate.

So basically if players want slow the game down, they can, but it means choosing to play at half cost with halved payout to everything (including Boss tokens).

I'm actually very happy about energy costs. I see the system as being, Pay 20 bucks to get you to the end-game content and then you can make your way from there (and never pay again if you figure out how to make money in this game).

or

Play for free but you'll have a long wait to get to the end-game. You can have fun and get there eventually, but you'll be about 100 days into the game to catch the guy who played 3 days and paid 20 bucks...But hey! Servers cost money, developers cost money, and you've been a leach off the system and you've got two more large pizzas in your belly.

Edit: And they aren't making anywhere near as much money as a pay-to-play game with a start-up and a subscription cost. My guess is that the OP is a little kid that doesn't have a job or any idea the amount of time or energy it takes to keep a MMO running.

Costumes are necessary.
Why?
Because otherwise everyone would look the exact same way.