Quote Originally Posted by Awha View Post
Aye busy work is meant to keep one busy without any real value. Collecting of the currents does not offer much value in that moment but it does have a pay off in the end but the action itself for the most part is valueless to some.

Like kinda like working a brain dead job. Most would view their tasks as busy work even if it bets them a paycheck at the end of the day.

Gathering the currents by no stretch is hard but it does offer very little in terms of value to most it is just a means to barrier players into playing the content for longer.

Remember I never said it was a grind. Busy work can be a grind but does not necessarily have to be a grind. I find doing my daily roulette to be busy work but far from a grind. If that makes sense.

Aether currents from a personal gameplay perspective would change nothing on a personal level if they were optional but from player retention level it could on SE's part so that is why they exist. It is a barrier to get people to not blow through content as quickly.
It doesn't have to be a grind, but it is meant to keep you busy. Collecting aether currents and a few side quests fails to keep one busy, especially when only done once per character.

Roulette, in that sense, can be considered busy work if you do all the roulettes every day. If you only do a trial and a raid roulette every day, which can take 30 minutes for both, I wouldn't consider that busy work either.