We Really Need To Talk About The State And Path Of FFXIV

[Bourne_Endeavor]

So because someone likes grinding, everyone must grind? And why must the boss fights be grinded? Is that a law that must be a part of the game? Why not grind to get to the boss fights? Be forced to grind a currency to even enter the fight. Is that something you'd desire too? More grinding? We can even grant better drop rates if the fights take effort in getting to.

In a word, yes. Welcome to MMOs. They are grindy by necessity because no dev team can produce content fast enough sate how quickly players devour it. Say Alphascape comes out in a month and gives everything upon being killed once. How do you purpose th devs keep people entertained for the next 7-9 months? The raid that's intended to last two full patch cycles has no relevance after one clear.

Basically, you want a single player experience in a MMO. That isn't how this genre works.