Quote Originally Posted by Betelgeuzah View Post
So you don't get more XP by whacking those moles faster during party grinding? Oookay.

At least there's a clear reward for being efficient. The faster you are, the larger the bonus at the end. While party grinding you might see a difference in xp/hour, but usually a parser is required to even notice.
Have you ever played whack-a-mole (the arcade game not the modern MMO version). One whack kills the mole, so no.

Actually in party grinding it is quite clear when you are in a good (skilled and coordinated) party versus one that is not. You hardly need a parser. In quest grinding it has no noticeable effect at all unless some how you manage to die (very rare with most of the grind quests) the time actually spent fighting is so small that the only defining factor in time is how closely grouped your quests are and how far they are from the quest giver. What a terrrible design for encouraging people to work together.

That is assuming you can get a group to do group quests. I can count on both hands the number of times I have ever gotten or even seen a real pick up group for quest grinding. 99% of quest grinders simply do it solo because it is so incredibly inconvenient to find other people on the same quest/step as you. It simply doesn't work. So please by all means put more sidequests and other activities in the game, but don't screw us people who enjoy playing with people over in the process.

It isn't necessary for you people to have your fun, to also ruin our fun in the process. The leveling curve is hardly steep in this game if you want to play solo fine, but those who want to level faster and in a group should get that option too.