If you had read a bit more carefully, you will notice that most complains (like 9/10) is in regards to adventures....specific adventures at that. The implementation has been done without proper game mechanics understanding yet again. For the vast majority of players right now, these aren't much of of a challenge because resources are abundant and overall easy to aquire/adjust your economy for (RIP 4k gunpowder though) on the other hand, the adventures have fairly nothing to do with anything other than luck and others even more so, if you consider luck to be a factor in a challenge, I hope you don't see anything wrong with getting short changed on your next day out.
But let's look at this a bit closer, shall we? (some data taken from wiki like the adventures/scenarios/coops and quantity needed)
Player range 26-35
- Dark Priest (short/medium searches are primary sends anyhow, iirc find chances are pretty decent, can be done solo works overall)
- Grain Conflict x4 (same as above, unsure about the drop rate though, my last memory was pretty low though if not pathetic, must be done solo) need to point out....4 of them! LOL....good luck, may be forced to fail.
- Traitors (can be bought in store, easy, no luck involved)
- Buccaneer Roundup (hort/medium searches are primary sends anyhow, find chances ok iirc, HAS to be done multiplayer, may work out due to new people probably fairly actively playing, still terrible idea to me)
Player range 36-45
- VtV(medium/long searches are primary sends anyhow, iirc find chances are pretty good, likely a bazillion in star menus collecting dust, can be done solo works overall)
- Grain Conflict (same as above, unsure about the drop rate though, my last memory was pretty low though if not pathetic, must be done solo)
- The Heart Of The Wood x2 (medium search only, phew lad, you are likely forced to fail this challenge because of this one)
- Outlaws x3 (medium/long searches are primary sends anyhow, find chances pretty decent, still needs 3 though, may be forced to fail)
- Raiding the Raiders (medium/long searches are primary sends anyhow, find chances pretty decent, HAS to be done multiplayer, this player range likely not too happy about this due to better loot options available and required)
Player range 46-55
- DB (long searches likely, good drop chances iirc, loot viable)
- The Heart Of The Wood x3 (Good luck lad, forced to fail because of this one)
- RotM (long searches likely, good drop chances iirc, investment vs reward kinda meh though, doable at least, should make it 3 of this and 1 of Heart of the Wood instead)
- Wild Mary x2 (I have yet to even run this adventure after 5+ years, don't know about drop chances whatsoever, effort vs loot was pretty pathetic and about .1% of the TSO player base even runs this thing (events not withstanding when it's made more appealing /hint hint), Loot changes to this have never been made despite it's pathetic stats on all ends, I suppose BB is still collecting data as they stated some 4.5 years ago. Might still be viable though, add it to the Merchant for frags and call it a day.
- TR x3 (TR overall is pretty great all things considered, HAS to be done by 4 people which is a downer but again all thigns considered, should work out for the most part. Unsure about drop rates currently though or what the overall availability of this one is. Not happy with this choice but can compromise to pass it regardless)
Player range 56-65
- 2nd Thief x2 (unless you are already burned out running adventures, this one is fairly ok overall. Can be done solo, drop chances are alright, can be done solo though swapping will likely be the primary benefit here, loot isn't mega terrible and a follow up would be it's last saving grace. Overall doable but will cause frustration)
- SR x2 (insane good drop chances so that's pretty moot, scenario itself is a resource sink already, this hurts more than it being challenging...for a slap in the face it's at least not a hurdle to completion)
- 1st Thief x3 (same as with 2nd Thief, drop chances are ok. Guessing 1st/2nd/3rd will become a "new currency" for trading in this regard especially for the 65+ bracket. Still needs 3. I guess one can call this a challenge overall alright, it's doable but beware of having a job/real life, might get frustrated here)
- Whirlwind x2 (phew lad have you picked a bad one. WW is terrible all things considered and has to be done with 4 people, good luck with that already. Evil put up an updated guide for that (thx for that Evil
. Unlike TR this one is a time waster on top of it, people with adventure fatigue like me won't touch this one unless I'm getting paid good amounts of shekels for doing so)
Player range 65+ (phew lads...my condolence goes to you guys)
- SR x3 (same as in the other bracket)
- ToW x3 (Woodcutter > 1st thief > wasted run*. Woodcutter > 2nd/3rd and then MAYBE ToW....and three times?
- Besieged City (Yikes...not only is it a 3rd tier chain drop (does that make sense? lol), it's not even on the same loot lane as ToW. The wasted run* is a tiny bit of a saving grace...maybe? But that's insulting. Swap ToW for ToK OR BC for Oil Lamp to at LEAST have these on the same path. Somebody else needs to do the math on the actual drop chance but my god if you don't have one in star menu already or can trade for one, you better be unemployed if you wanna do this.
- WW x3 (same as in the last bracket)