[DEV] Time sinks and satisfaction, a plea from one of your hardcore fans

[Neptune]

To Neptune:

For me personally, I play for the gear grind

Gear-grind is so simplistic.

There are so many ways to reward people for investment than gear. Testing players' patience and using boredom as a deterrant to the best gear does not make the game an enriching experience for any of the players involved, even those who would succeed at it.

If you've actually been following this thread you would know that gear grind is not the main focus. I simply stated why I play. Does that mean I expect everyone else to play for the same reason? No, and I also made that perfectly clear, or so I thought.

Duelle offered a suggestion borrowed from WoW, which isn't necessarily a gear grind, but acts to keep players busy. There are a number of other good suggestions as well. Why does it matter to you why others play?

Also, lol @ the elitst no-lifer comment. The same can be said for anyone that plays any amount of any video game, or spends their time on forums. It's by no means true nor does it help your argument in the slightest. Please keep this type of BS name calling out of my thread, kthx.

In defense of Vesperia, why does it matter to him why others play? Well, it matters because what makes you happy makes him unhappy. So you have competing tastes in gameplay. There has to be a way around this.

I think you, in fact, do not play for the gear grind. You play for the sense of satisfaction after a long, memorable journey and then a greater challenge after that. I think we can all agree that that is something we all wouldn't mind being added to the game.