The problem is the game. It's an RPG which requires gear and some knowledge on abilities. You need to have both or you will have low damage and low actions. If you have low damage and low actions, climbs take significantly longer to reach master quest. A climb that could take 1 hour takes 1 hour 20 minutes because 2 people have bad gear and aren't trying too hard.
Basically by not investing into the game you make other people who have invested into the game take longer to climb. To climb a few times with subpar gear is fine but you have to acquire better gear over time.
If you would like to borrow some library gear to climb (daggers for samurai) let me know

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If Ladder Slasher was an arcade game then everyone would have a lot more fun because a game is a game but Ladder slasher is a very time consuming game so it benefits everyone to do more damage.
tl;dr: You need to get forum gold to purchase better gear if you expect to get into more group climbs in general. The community is small so you can't expect everyone to play with you. If no one is around to make a group then the only option in this cute little game of ours is to do a solo climb. Let none of us forget that this game used to be solo and tons of people played it and liked it that way.
Believe me when I say, the cause of almost all drama in ladder slasher is because of items.
Either you don't have them and people don't want to climb with you several times in a row which makes sense or
someone else saw the item that you saw and they wanted it and they didn't get it.
This post was edited by Bob888 on Dec 17 2018 02:39pm