Wow what an insane number of dicks with condescending answers. not to mention the fact that those of you with the rude answers missed my point. I literally wrote that i thought it was a mistake for the developers to make the armor so tedious to acquire only to have it replaced later by a new set that will more than likely require an ever worse grind.

And to those of you with the smart ass answers I will say this: No, I am not new to MMOs. And just because MMOs have had a tendency to be grindfests, that does not mean that is mandatory for newer mmos. ARR has been innovative in many areas in the game, and I would expect it to innovate in terms of acquiring gear by replacing the caveman mindset that MMOs have to be a grind fest. And lastly, dont be patronizing just because someone doesn't want to grind. This is a game, not a chore. Its fine if you people dont have lives and are willing to spend 30 hours a week grinding for one piece of gear. But that doesn't mean people like me who don't want to grind dont have the right to enjoy the game to its fullest extent, specially when we pay the say amount of money for this game. Casuals sustain this game just as much as you elitists jerks.