Mark the problem in general with this game is yes items cost money. Hell even in p-servers your going to spend money if you want gears. Games like D-3 you will simply spend 5 months grinding mindlessly hoping for a good drop to finish your set bonus, or even an accessory that will be considered an upgrade for you.

Ask me how I know?

Any online game is like this. However in rohan you have the ability to speed up the process depending on how deep your pockets are and how much you are willing to shell out on the game. I see people who I was playing with/against 2 years ago when I quit are beast mode now. Im sure they spent the time gearing up over a long period of time and didnt spend all that much. I feel that it would be very possible to farm and make items that could sell for a decent amount and intern relieve some of the cost to gearing quite a bit.

So far in game I have made 5 glacial parts that I have sold for a total of 2billion crone. I can turn around and sell the crone for about 400-500 rp per 500m and after taxes (40-50/160-200rp) respectively and earn about 1.4-1.8k rp. I wont tell you the game is cheap or free. I will tell you that you will have to spend time farming. You can get an 8hr hunter kit in game at etton sundries shop. If you are playing a vit sage. I have seen some with a 65% hp zhen 1shotting 110+ mobs. Thats more than enough to farm items will. Get a monkey and some pet foods and roll on it. I recommend staying outta upper high chance of being pked.

So anyways long story short. Sure if you are going to cash out the entire gearing experience. It will cost you. I will however recommend charging rps for the pres stones and IM stuff however simply because its about 40-50% cheaper than using earned rps. I mostly have a stock pile of earned rps for buying accessories and stuff on exchange.