Quote Originally Posted by Lium View Post
I have to say, it's funny to see this sentiment in this thread. When I made a thread a few months ago about how raiding could one day be mandatory - as in tied to MSQ progression - because you never know the direction the devs may go, everyone flipped out. (Forum hivemind.)

Now, the linked article in the OP as well as the consensus in this thread is backing up the points made in that old thread, which others have made as well.
The contention in that thread wasn't about optional content being made mandatory, it was about the claim that the specific content (the Crystal Tower alliance raid) was somehow forcing players into harder content simply because it has the word "raid" in its description rather than judging it on the difficulty of the actual content.