Yoshida, The Creator: Savage is the worst tuning ever in an MMO

[Chalbee]

That's probably because raiding is a niche activity in general. Only 50% of max-level players finished Alexander Normal last tier, and that's when it when it was faceroll from Day 1, even if it gives free loot half the playerbase doesn't bother.

Really only 50%?! I thought I was really an outlier for not doing it. I just did Gordias and Midas this weekend so that I could unlock the Creator for the gear to up my iLvl, and none of it was particularly technical or challenging, just required slightly more focus than a dungeon. I wonder what is scaring people away from the normal mode?

[Welsper59]

I wonder what is scaring people away from the normal mode?

We all play for our own reasons. To the more normal crowd of players, the amount of time I spend on this game for the last year or so is more than enough reason to complain about the game or just logically justify quitting. I haven't done either of those things... much. I'm just comfortable with why I choose to log on.

My experience with raids and devoting health jeopardizing amounts of time was long fulfilled years ago with XI and WoW. The concept and rewards of raiding never changes, regardless of the game, and while the experience is generally fun, I'm okay ignoring it. Never done more than A1 normal, haven't even done MSQ since at least a couple patches ago (something I actually do want to motivate myself to finishing), etc. I've just lost a lot of the urge for group content these days. Not against them, and I would do them, but I'm very picky about people I group with these days.

I need to mention again that I'm not badmouthing the game or anything in my not doing these things. I'm just saying that's why I don't do it. Different objectives and priorities for different people. Not to mention getting older, so not really caring about something like a video game as much as I did 10+ years ago.