In your opinion, should the game be free? Or cost less per month?

[Kosmos992k]

I'm on the "screw relic" side of things. I don't have enough time to do all the things I want to do in the game, let alone do relic. So I have to skip it. It does make a pretty glamour, though

Indeed, but you know, the previous relic quests are still there and much easier to complete because the requirements have been eased and the RNG has been improved. If you play behind the patch curve and are content with not being part of the leading group of players, the game offers amazing value. Things like the previous relic upgrade path are doable with far greater ease, in less time now. It's fairly practical to go after the relic upgrade if you want it.

I'm perfectly content with the game still and have very much enjoyed Heavensward as I've put around 1600 hours into 3.x alone so far. I have found no shortage of things to do or occupy myself with.

Nyah! Indeed. I think a lot of the dissatisfaction comes from players with a more focused view of the game and it's content, as well as a considerable number of hours played already. But I do think that to an extent, the game is as good as we make it. For players who have a very task oriented style of play and focus mostly on end-game/raiding the problem is that this game, like any can only deliver so much over a finite period of time. So they complete the content, get bored, become dissatisfied and complain. This is not a criticism, it's just the way things appear to me. The answer is to either broaden their horizons and take a more relaxed approach, or possibly play this a bit less, and play something else a bit more until the next patch.

I don't know, it just seems to me that there is a group of players who have exhausted the content and don't know what to do about it, except hang out at the forum and complain bitterly about everything being crap, boring, a grind, or pointless...

Hanging around in the forums playing the jaded and bitter veteran player doesn't seem like it would be very satisfying, and it certainly isn't very helpful to the community. Nor does it help them have more fun.

I'm not dooming it at all just wondering how the community feels based on the, but feel free to label it how you feel.

So, if you throw a lit match into a pool of gasoline, you're not responsible for the consequences? This type of topic is almost click-bait, and certainly fuel for the flames.