So if we're meant to use EITHER DLC 10 or 11 to Reach 12...

It's *their* choice to buy only 1 DLC/year, so it's *their* choice to have a very very slow progression.
This means *they* have to cope with their decisions, not us or the devs!

Building the game against bad people choices brought the game to a bad state.

I started to play in october 2013, after trigon was out, and subbed after 1 week, because I liked the game and wanted to experience it fully.
Thanks to subbing, I managed to get to endgame with an average number of SP in less than a year, without spending "a couple hundred dollars"

So PLEASE fix all progression and make each and every DLC needed, give people time to learn - no 1 month new players in endgame...

I didn't mean it costs that now, but it will eventually if the game survives long enough.

That's why it's always a smarter move to sub...

I fire tanked the new operation on my alt as soon it came out while still wearing 3 pieces of corrupted 85 gear and it really wasn't too tough. Someone with full vestments or even scion should be fine going to into the alerts at least.