Quote Originally Posted by Diavolo View Post
It's the same thing in the end, we're selfish and would rather have an easier time than a more rewarding one. Who cares to socialize and/or compete with 5,000 other players when they believe they can more easily obtain their personal goals with 300? Anything that may possibly present a tougher time - and Ambuscade has become the easiest scapegoat here - also presents itself as a reason against server merges. It's really unfortunate, but we're living in a time where more and more people just want to have things done their way, screw the greater good.
I've played a long time, and the reason many of my friends left was the tedium of farming alexandrite, currency, salvage plans, etc. Even though we had linkshells devoted to activities, people got burned out doing the same thing over with folks painfully slowly getting what they needed till in the end, there were too few left to farm. The ability for folks to finally be able to work for the items they want with smaller groups has made things better. Unfortunately, we lost a lot of good players by the time SE starting making things better.

btw - I don't multi-box and the friends I currently play with don't multi-box, but I have grouped with people who multi-boxed and understand why some do. People don't have all the time in the world and it's understandable that they want to see some results from all the time they do put in. It's not selfish. People pay to enjoy a game the way they want to, not the way you want them to. Personally, I have never been in a rush to get everything, so I do miss the days when we grouped for everything, but so many things are better than they used to be. More choice is good.