I feel like people would have less of a problem with the RNG if there was some kind of in game Trading Post.

So since launch I've been progressing slowly through the game. I'm one more Stormshield Defense away from Plankerton, but the reason I haven't made it that far yet is mostly because I've been spending hours and hours building up by homebase as well as grinding exp for my schematics and survivor squads. I haven't hit the true grindwall yet but watching the discussions unfold on this subreddit I understand the concerns, even though I am one of the types of players who will not be as badly affected by it (since I'm not trying to progress as fast as possible).

I got to thinking, would introducing a type of trading post possibly alleviate some of the problems people have with rng. As it is, we can already craft weapons/traps to give to our friends that they don't have the schematics for, so in a sense player trading already exists, but what if this could be codified into a more formal marketplace that would allow you to sell the items you craft. I feel like this system would have several key benefits:

1. Players would have a much easier time getting their hands on the specific items they want.

2. Since we already have item degradation, you never run into the issue where most players are fully decked out and never need to buy anything, which means that crafting remains lucrative for crafters since new items will always be in demand.

3. Since this would be a formal system players won't have to worry about scammers who will offer to craft something for you and then just take your resources and run.

4. You could also possibly include a section that would allow you to sell any of the heroes/survivors that you have acquired but do not want/need

The marketplace, if it were to be implemented, would use a currency that should be reasonably farmable. Let's say I buy a weapon on the marketplace for 100 bits for example, if I'm specifically farming for them I should be able to earn at least enough bits to replace it (ideally several times more) in the time it takes for that gun to break. A secondary use for this currency I think should be to allow you to purchase trash mini llamas, which would mean you no longer have to rely on people running Storm Shield Defense missions to get them. Since we can already farm these llamas, to an extent, I don't think it would hurt to make that farm more reliable and consistent.