Why is "It's something to do" apparently a valid defense?

[Conando]

I suppose another difference with these single player rpgs is that you can actually do everything by yourself. The whole crafting thing they tacked on guarantees people who don't have the money are stuck unless they have quite a few friends with specialties. I mean imagine if say the item synthesis in games like Dragon Quest or Kingdom Hearts couldn't be completed because you didn't get some mostly worthless skill?

[Reynhart]

The whole crafting thing they tacked on guarantees people who don't have the money are stuck unless they have quite a few friends with specialties.

Last time I checked, anyone can level all classes, and even switch specialties, if they really want to do all by themselves.

in my opinion they should make the relic a 10 times harder grind, but let the weapon -once you get it- rank up automatically with every major patch, that it stays on top of all weapons forever

So, I suppose raid weapons should do the same. After all, raiders put a lot of effort into them, so they should be eternally rewarded for that, right ?