Has it always been like this or...?

[GenJoe]

So my question is... has the end game always been this way? Is there no one left who wants to play through the dungeon at a reasonable pace so I can appreciate the content I worked for?

Castrum and Praetorium is NOT the end-game.

Second, to your latter question, usually people are just rushing through things as part of the grind so it's hard to find too many people that will empathize with you there, maybe on the forums, but in the actual group where everybody's doing that for the Nth time, people just wanna get it over with. It's a design flaw that those two places have so many damn cut scenes.. But like you said, you watched the cut scenes the first time around, now you can do the fight second time It's not ideal, but that'll at least get things done.


Actual End-game, doesn't happen like that. If you're chasing end-game contents you'll find that you'll be doing the mindless grind much the same way as other people in your group did.. and the cut scenes are no where as long as those two places.

You're right. Nobody deserves special treatment but everyone should be treated with respect.
If people are not after tomes and are after the card, then they can very easily set up a farming party with like minded individuals. The same cannot be said for newbies who want to enjoy the storyline.

Yes, but what's easier, 7 people making their own individual pf group everyday just for 1 run for a measley ~100 tomes?? there's not enough motivation there to go through all that trouble.

Where on the other hand, the first timer with vested interest in experiencing the game as meant to be, cut scenes in between actually has the motivation to organize a group together. In fact it doesn't even need to be a full group, a group of 3 (2 heals or 2 tank) is enough to hold back the group and slow down the run. and that's what we do for my "special" friend that HAS to have it that way, the special kind that gathers his own shards for all crafting and never skips a cut scene even if he's watched it before -_- I still have a hard time understanding him lol