So during one run in an attempt to find black kats, it occurred that we, the players, could actually expanding our so called 'kat' farming grounds by manipulating the stratum of the upcoming gates. And from my current observation of the next stratum, I can certainly deduce that others have had the same thought.

I find this interesting because, for the most part, gate stratums feel very random, and for the most, I get the distinction they're used more for cash-in that world manipulation. Collecting minerals never really felt too eventful aside from a) finding the biggest one and b)Having the biggest one on your back; beyond that, I simply got them because the helped to give some low revenue.

Now, though, there feels to be a motivator to collecting certain types (in this case, Lumite and Dark Matter), if at the very least to push for more undead stratums. Granted, it isn't much, since we have missions and so on, but having a randomized farming sections does help to alleviate the monotony of constantly farming nearly the same mission.

In the end, I'd like to see other events similar to this, ones that may very well cause players to actually try and manipulate the gates rather than just dumping minerals for crowns. Like objectives that related to shock/fire/etc themed stratums as well as monster themed, and perhaps branch is out from more than just farming. Maybe even make some kind of weekly or bi-weekly event that has some kind of effect on certain level themes.

Not that I want to get this going into a suggestion thread. Right now all of this is an observation, one that I feel alludes to the possibility of actually reviving the arcade.