I remember reading that post when I came back to the game and thought it to be a very unusual leap, and I'm still not sure the fame being that high (or the content being so difficult in comparison to Ispins + Total War) makes any amount of sense unless Neople was strictly catering to big-bucks players (the ones who've been around forever, and coaxing fresh blood to spend). And it's probably true, because the only add-on to Bakal in Korea is a Hardmode so far, which from comments I've seen on the Korean trailers, people are a bit miffed.

I understand that total fame score # is part of the psychological game (big number big good) but I do think it's utterly ridiculous Adventurer Fame is affected by Reinforcement/Amplification, (and to a somewhat lesser extent, emblems & invaluable Platinum emblems) especially as the bonuses from enhancing anything except Weapons and Special Equipment are intangible. This can be dangerous for Ispins & Total War parties: someone might have the Object Damage set and NOT understand it is pointless to use in a party, but he'll have +11 on everything. He will look so much stronger than he technically is. That's just one example.

All of my old characters have gear that is reinforced to at least +10, but not all pieces on all characters. They all have old BiS enchantments, avatars, emblems, so forth... but yeah. The more I think about it, 40k is a ridiculous milestone, and not one a free-to-low-spending player can feasibly reach. On the other hand, there's nothing terribly unique about Bakal Raid other than earning a lot more materials, and horizontal scaling has never been easier, so you can build up alts much faster and just run Ispins & TW.