How would you feel about end-game gear only being useful for 3 months?

[Punainen]

Nobody do sidequests for a reason, few exceptions, but majority doesnt cares. (which is why they have rewards now and few SPs, nobody was doing them)

in XI people only does main story because they offer endgame rewards, Sky Access, Sea Access, CoP Rings, ToAU rings, Einherjar Access, and so on. God knows nobody would even go through CoP because of how annoying it is if it didn't have sea access as a reward.

It's always about a reward, people needs incentives to do stuff. Yes, doesnt have to be gears, it can be access to certain areas, unlocking certain fights, and so on.

Anyone THAT disinterested in the story shouldn't even be playing an RPG. Anyone THAT disinterested needs to be playing some kind of action game. Were this an MMOAction, I would totally understand that viewpoint. But this is an RPG. Where's my STORY!? No one picked up Final Fantasies 1 through 10 for the unlockable gear.