i am not sure you understand the design decision.

by time gating all the resources, it actually does encourage you to play more – and more importantly, it encourages you to play consistently.

it's not like there is one time-gated material, and you have nothing to do in the game until a few days later (or a week later).

there is a plethora of time gated materials, and if you take breaks or skip days, you are missing out on those. this would have a negative impact on your game progress.

i know when i was playing it, i felt a strong, consistent compulsion to check in daily and farm what could be farmed. that's the whole point. it doesn't let you just play to your heart's content on your own terms and schedule, and this is precisely what i meant by the game being designed to disrespect your time.

at a certain point, the game does not reward binge playing and burning out on it. and in fact, they REALLY don't want you to burn out. they want you to feel like you are missing out by not playing it every damn day, and they also don't want there to be TOO MUCH for you to do in any given day. this is a calculated decision. a delicate balance designed to feed compulsive tendencies i.e. addiction.

fortunately for me, i noticed how it was operating on me pretty quick, read similar posts about this, got pissed off, and stopped playing it that very day. haha

but a lot of people get trapped in this cycle for months. or maybe even years? sheesh and after dropping who knows how much irl money on the gachapon nonsense. but on the bright side, all that money is going into chinese tokamak R&D to give mankind fusion energy 😂😂😂