"Ultimately Meaningless"

I'm so glad we're back to the point of arguments where we're insanely reductive and not the least bit productive or supportive.

Everything in this game is ultimately meaningless. It's a passtime. If you wanting life-affirming payout in your video game you best do some true soul searching cause I have some bad news for you.

Ishgard Restoration provided some much needed motivation and progression content for Crafters and Gatherers. Its system still serves as the best way to level those to this day with items players will want regardless of level. Whether or not you approve of the content is irrelvant - it worked. Its story was that yes, those who did participate DID build Ishgard's Housing district. It doesn't matter if the situation was a fiction - the fact that they built content around that concept meant people had something to do while waiting that made their participation feel good.

You're trying to make the exact same argument for raiding, and yet join in insulting an entire playstyle for having what you want? Yeah that doesn't speak jealousy much.