Alienation of Dedicated and Skilled players

[Underdog2204]

That's a good point and maybe purely horizontal progression isn't what the game needs, but I would argue that the vertical progression that we have now also results in stagnation. We are getting tougher, but not in any meaningful way. A patch roles out that gives us gear with 20 more strength on it, but that same patch's content has monsters with 20 more defense and 2000 more health. The numbers are getting larger, but nothing about us really changes. While a more horizontal system wouldn't increase the numbers it would give us gear that adjusts our abilities or gives new abilities, grants passive traits, or even just has more interesting and complex stats. That to me would seem like less stagnation than what we have now.

It sells really well but it just doesn't hold up under scrutiny imho.

Yes there will be choice but that is only until someone does some number crunching and all of that choice is gone, it's just an illusion of choice like skill trees are. I would prefer things not be overhauled for what will end up being a pointless exercise... I'm not even touching on the massive balance issues that tend to occur frequently with such a system.

Good job forums for showing further proof on how a chunk of people are getting alienated. There was no need to turn this into an argument. More content is more content. You can't say do other stuff to enjoy the game more when all we're hearing are Devs spending "a lot of time" on 3 different sleep poses and housing when we've spent so much time subbed and waiting on new content that we can actually appreciate. Yea more housing, glamour, and poses are cool, but now what? If we don't like where the game is we quit, is basically what you're saying.

If stating basic common sense like taking a break from a MMO when burned out is alienating you then you are doing it to yourself tbh.

Everybody should take a break from any MMO they are playing if they are finding themselves suffering from burnout... It's a game not a job... Hell even in jobs you take time off.