I eventually made my way to Pagos and the whole 'soft reset' thing where you lose your mount and everything aggros and kills you hit me harder than I expected. I just wanted to get on with NM's and light farming, but the map was extremely difficult to navigate and I lost a level attempting to get the aetherytes unlocked. That was enough to drive me away from Eureka forever, as it meant going back to doing accursed CL's to make up for lost XP. In many ways, Eureka was the same kind of letdown as BLU: it held out the promise of something different for players who aren't too keen on the game's core endgame activities/doing group instances, but didn't deliver (for me).

That said, I do acknowledge that Eureka works for, and caters to, a not-insignificant portion of the playerbase. And, while there are some rough edges here and there, it 'works' to fill a particular purpose and meets a specific set of expectations. BLU, on the other hand, while it does have a few defenders here and there, really doesn't seem to please just about anyone, and it fails in fulfilling what could be its one redeeming function---namely making old content, particularly old open-world content, relevant again. For that reason, I'm fine with SE continuing to allocate resources to developing Eureka/Eureka-like experiences in the future, even though I personally won't be interested unless they make it more casual/solo friendly... Like, a lot more; whereas I think BLU would be a waste unless they overhaul it so that it either caters to folk like me who want to solo old content (or better yet, even new ) or people who want to take BLU into all the regular DF content. I don't think there's ever a good justification for demanding that resources not be spent on content that significant numbers of the playerbase enjoy, despite how you might personally feel about said content. On the flipside, though, I don't think there's anything wrong with advocating for more of the content you personally enjoy; and that's why, for instance, I will continue to advocate for more of the things I can do solo (crafting, squadrons, golden saucer, MSQ, etc. etc.), despite people constantly telling me "THIS IS AN MMO."