Quote Originally Posted by Arbalest View Post
It's still relevant for story, and the content is easy - a level 99 can breeze through it in a day or two solo, with warp rings, HP warps, and all the other things we have access to these days. Plus, the rings are still incredibly relevant.

You only deem it as irrelevant content because you can't be arsed to sit back and enjoy some story; you treat it like a chore, but I'm sure a lot of new players would actually enjoy the story.
Then those players can still play it! You're not addressing my argument at all. Removing the gating does nothing to diminish the story for those who are interested in completing it. It just stops other folks, who aren't interested in running back and forth doing quest scenes, from giving up on the game or getting frustrated. Also it's nonsense to say it can be done in a couple days, and warp ring was just added a couple weeks ago so completely irrelevant at time this thread was made.

Gating 2014 content behind 2004 content is moronic. COP's rewards are the ring, the trusts, and the zone access. If players would rather prioritize other content with more relevant rewards, it should be up to them. No one is asking for the rings to be available through other means, or asking to get the trusts without doing the missions. That, would be unreasonable.

It's not unreasonable at all to ask why I was allowed to upgrade my relic to +2 without doing a lick of COP but then I couldn't reforge it till I spent days and days and days soloing cut scenes and battles that ended after 2 hits.