Hahaha, can't believe I didn't read this post before! OP really does just want to be playing XI. Go back to it my friend, no harm in it. Loved that game, and who knows? I may pick it up again after all these years. But the post is unreasonable. They are attempting to make a game both soloable and function in a group setting. Mandatory hourly grind/quest/camping sentences don't appeal like they used to. Mainly because people have lives and a plethora of other gaming adventures to carry out. End note; balance of time consumption based on reward value are what I think a lot of people want, not staring at a screen displaying an empty snowy tundra waiting 1-72hrs for KB (insert any other HNM) to appear.