Quote Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
The paywall is why the other two steps can be a minimum 22 golds.
The paywall is why step 2 and 3 are only 5,000 and 3,000 NGold respectively. They could've made each step only 6,000 gold, but risk more people stopping at step 2 already, for a total of 12,000 NGold, while now step 2 takes an investment of 15,000 gold, leaving step 3 too good to pass up.