Feeding in the Feast for Esos

[Fyce]

You can't create a system that can be exploited and not expect someone, somewhere, to exploit it.

They probably expected it, but underestimated how terrible and egocentric people are in the west.
Western people tends to be more inclined to think "if it's a benefit for me I should go for it, without having a consideration for others". Japanese people don't have that way of thinking... or, at least, it's a lot less frequent.

In Japan, tacit rules are very important and the society would hammer on you for not respecting them. This isn't the case in NA/EU where we need hard written rules to draw the limits.
As far as an allegory can go, if in Japan you were to see a line saying "do not cross", people won't cross it. EU/NA people need a physical wall preventing them from crossing.

It's a cultural thing. And probably one of the hardest ones to fight against.
Can't blame SE for that.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

They probably expected it, but underestimated how terrible and egocentric people are in the west.
Western people tends to be more inclined to think "if it's a benefit for me I should go for it, without having a consideration for others". Japanese people don't have that way of thinking... or, at least, it's a lot less frequent.

In Japan, tacit rules are very important and the society would hammer on you for not respecting them. This isn't the case in NA/EU where we need hard written rules to draw the limits.
As far as an allegory can go, if in Japan you were to see a line saying "do not cross", people won't cross it. EU/NA people need a physical wall preventing them from crossing.

It's a cultural thing. And probably one of the hardest ones to fight against.
Can't blame SE for that.

Actually in my opinion, if there is a better/easier way you /should/ go for it and not be punished for it. If there is a better easier way then all other things need brought up to par and you /should/ abuse it to be better and ahead of others. I myself don't care about other people, I want to be the best and better then them. Problem is, game doesn't really do this and gear even higher level is barely any better then lower level end gear. So I mostly just play on the forums. Why work for 1 point of damage when you can wait 3 months and get it easy?

Waiting for Pantheon to come out.

Everquest has ruined me. Anyways, the issue with that thinking is, I do consider others in my goal to get stronger, and so do those people perhaps as well. They just don't care about anyone else they abuse as long as they can help their friends.

However, the thing about it is. If it didn't take a stupid number of Esos to do the grind anyways, people probably wouldn't be abusing it.

They probably should of saw this coming anyways.