Quote Originally Posted by Reslin View Post
Without artificial caps on things people will always have end game items within a month. Realize, that unlike years ago most players are veteran mmo players now. If they re-released vanilla EQ? I promise you if I wanted to I could be raiding within a month or so. Note that I am pretty geared on my scholar but I also play 4-8 hours a day. This is considered "Casual." by many. I know people who put in 16 hours a day. No grind in the world unless it's ultra extreme is going to block them out of devouring the content.
Catering exclusively to the endgame will create yet another shallow gear treadmill with no real substance behind it. Some players are no different than a hungry locust looking to devour whatever content they can. Do we really need to focus the game on satisfying their needs and leave everyone else in the dark?