Capital Games Teamso what is the reason for this?
I recall seeing that it is being done so that people don't have a head start in the next era but that logic doesn't really work if you then sell people a head start
I think it falls in line of their original intents. Of course players willing to pay still have an advantage, but everyone starts at square one at least, with mats and lvl currency reset. Otherwise, the era marquee system would be pointless. It would be like the old way; releasing a new character but old accounts may have a huge amount of gear, zetas, and omicrons stockpiled to instatly relic them.
This brings old and new accounts (at least as far as F2P accounts are concerned) to the same starting point.