Quote Originally Posted by Asiaine View Post
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You guys have very short memory. When the game came out, "hardcore" people were practically BEGGING for a grind. The smart ones were asking for actual difficult content, and argued that grinding/time played doesn't make you hardcore, but the "hardcore" called them casuals and begged for a grind anyway.

So now we get a mindless grind that takes no skill, and people are complaining?

There's no pleasing everyone. This should solidify that idea. The best course of action is to appeal to multiple demographics because even if you do something a group disapproves of, another group will approve of it. Square's doing a pretty good job at that right now.