White Raven earring given out at The Rising event 2018

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Should these players that then want to give it another go, (but unsync as there is less pressure) be locked out of trying the content in the future that they rightly pay to have access to?

You pay for access to the servers and a right to have content (rewards are not content) provided to you. You do not pay for the completion of said content, nor the rewards that are provided for completing said content. The current system of unsync is a luxury to those who don't participate in anything above casual content, it is not a right just because you pay your sub. Also, the game not existing in the future is an extremely bad argument for implementing poorly designed systems, you might as well be saying "The game won't exist one day so whats the point in even making it good?"

To counter your point, unsync actually makes experiencing old content even harder for new players, because nobody ever needs to run them synced ever again. If any new players want to experience coil, or any of the old extreme primals synced, they have an uphill battle to do so. If we are running with your point about paying a sub (and letting everyone enjoy the game), shouldn't they be entitled to have the system removed because it prevents them from experiencing the content in a form that actually has mechanics?

I'm not saying unsynced should be removed though, it has its benefits when it comes to progression and gating (steps of faith, praetorium etc.), but the rewards should most definitely be removed to give back incentive to running it synced. That way everyone gets to benefit, and we would see players wanting to run the content synced again, allowing newer players to have a wider range of content to participate in, while not locking more casual players from experiencing the content itself. I don't ever see this happening, but saying that unsynced is perfect as is is either naive or entitled.


And this is the exact same argument for the white raven earrings, it all comes down to the devs not respecting player accomplishment, and recklessly steamrolling through any hard work that anyone in the game has done. There are many simple ways this could have been avoided, the popular one being replica earrings. If they had done that then everyone would be happy, but just like with unsync, they didn't and the accomplishment is ignored.