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[Niwashi]

I know some people who seem to think I shouldn't be allowed to have/voice an opinion before playing BLU.
Mostly they just seem to want me to enjoy it for what it is, but I honestly don't see the point. We already know it has no endgame.

It would be like saying that I don't know the joy of having a car before I own one.. and then having me buy a car that doesn't drive - doesn't work - won't go anywhere. Yay, I have a car, I can sit in it... but it won't move.
Yay, I leveled BLU, ...but now I can't do content with it. What's the point?
Why would I go level it, risk liking it, and then have more disappointment in not being able to play it normally - raiding, endgame.

By that definition, Gathering has no endgame, Crafting has no endgame

That's not quite true. Their end-game is the latest tier of their respected fields, which often requires as much gear investment as Savage raiding.

You missed the "By that definition" part. Nabiri complained that not playing it "normally" (which she clarified as meaning raiding) meant that there was no point in BLU, as "We already know it has no endgame." Reynhart responded to point out that there are other things that don't have that specific endgame.

Though I do concede that BLU's endgame is the Masked Carnivale. That much was obvious from the get-go. Now, how long would this end-game last (in comparison with other 'endgames' when a new tier comes out) remains to be seen.

Exactly. BLU has its own endgame, just like crafting and gathering have their own endgame, etc. Nabiri and numerous others are insisting that the only endgame that counts is raiding, and they're ignoring that the game already has alternate endgames that lots of other players like.

I agree that how good BLU's endgame is remains to be seen, but just demanding that the mere fact that it's something other than raiding makes it automatically pointless is ridiculous. There are plenty of people who like FFXIV but don't like raiding (or simply want some variety and to have something else to do besides raiding once in a while). Those are the people BLU is for.