Yoshi P, is this what you wanted? (Terra Branford Blues)

[Nova_Dresden]

I got what you meant, but you did say that. Otherwise, what purpose does your saying this serve when I literally asked if that person actually believed people enjoyed it?

Absolutely.

Clearly you were answering something... and given that a question was asked, kinda implies you were responding to that.

Don't confound what I'm saying with what you think I'm saying to inflate your opinion. What you asked specifically was...

Do you really believe people would enjoy the grind more if they knew they would get said item at this exact moment latest?

To which I answered, yes. I absolutely believe that players would enjoy the grind more if it was something quantifiable that you could plan on instead of a RNG based grind that could take you weeks or months to complete when another player could complete them in hours solely because the system is wholly uneven and unfair. Light grinding, books, and even novus materia melding were entirely quantifiable and were better than just the pure RNG in my opinion. It's not a defendable system unless you're one of the lucky ones that got the good rolls on the RNG. Even if you're a player that's been in the MMO world for the 20-ish years they've been out you shouldn't defend the pure RNG solely because "that's how it's been." There are middle grounds between the two, but none of them exist in the game right now and that's the problem.

The main reason is because you're implying the Gold Saucer was intended to keep people around. In other words, that it was to be the sole reason people would be on the game.

I know there are players on my server that re-upped their account solely for Gold Saucer. Triple Triad and chocobo racing was a huge draw to a lot of players.