Quote Originally Posted by YitharV2 View Post
I mean, I don't necessarily think having rewards is a bad thing as not everyone will enjoy a piece of content. But I think personally for me specifically having to be bribed means I don't really enjoy the content itself.
Let's be honest. Who does enjoy running the same content repeatedly? The devs even acknowledged when they decided to allocate dungeons resources elsewhere for odd numbered patches. Unfortunately, developers as a whole, not simply FFXIV, cannot produce enough content relatively to have fast we consume it. I wager Omega-- both Normal and Savage-- took months of development and proper testing only for the hardcore players to down it in a day and the midcore gradually push through in the space of a month or so. Perhaps bribe is the wrong term, but any MMOs has to incentivize content players otherwise wouldn't bother with again lest new players be unable to progress or said veterans have nothing else to do.

And this isn't mean necessarily defending the system. I would love to be able to have all the jobs I enjoy playing geared and ready to tackle Savage, but it just isn't feasible on a long term basis from a business perspective. Personally, I don't mind the system. My current gear is a hodgepodge of 310-320 stuff barely melded and I manage. You can absolutely go into any content and clear.