By the way - Most people are disappointed in the Diadem unless you love Loot Pinatas. People are still largely doing it now because it hands out (loot pinata) good gear without a lot of work, which also means people heavily undergeared or shouldn't be in the event makes it incredibly hard to get credit to get a chest.

The first go around was fun, but let's be real, now that everyone's settled a lot of people find it boring and as with most in XIV, so much potential, poor implementation. So yes, who doesn't like getting BiS gear for liittle to no work? I mean, unless you're going in full pre-made each and every time, you're mostly getting people who immediately switch to gathering and greed on every gear piece that drops if you DO happen to get chests. His point was, Heavensward's End-game is exactly the same as 2.0 eras.

You may also want to state that Diadem is essentially Hunts and the only way to get the most out of it is Pre-Made on Hard Mode as you're guaranteed S ranks from Fresh Tracks - Also you need to be in a FC with an airship that can do it..not to mention you also can join in on someone else's but they also expect you to pull your weight, because if they notice they're getting no chests, it becomes worse than simply learning Savage Alexander.

Even XI's end-game switched up with every expansion and updates in between in various ways..2 years later it's the exact same. Using the "Mentor and Pupil" analogy, my Mentor would be heavily disappointed in me if I didn't move beyond the basics after 2 years.