Quote Originally Posted by DPZ2 View Post
Yes, I know what a learning curve is. I also know that the place on that curve where the major drop-off for players begins is much lower than the more gifted players in this game assume. That knowledge comes from the first item I listed: "Experience". That knowledge comes from the second item I listed, albeit anecdotal evidence is not proof, but has been enough for me to see any number of in-game friends and acquaintances drop out over the last 7 years because that next step was simply too hard. That knowledge comes from the last item I listed as well - the attitude that, with just a little more effort on their part, lazy players wouldn't be so bad.

An MMO isn't a single-player game where you can challenge the game on 'easy' through 'torture' modes. It requires a base level of challenge to encourage people who are there for the crafting or role play or story without preventing them from completing the current storyline. That's how MMOs have been designed for the last 15 years or so. It's been a business success since the day World of Warcraft beta came out.
Learning curves are there to teach players how to play the game, by ramping up difficulty slowly.

Under your logic any form of difficulty at all would make them quit which is not the case since the game is already brain dead easy throughout it's storyline and requires almost no effort from the player.

You have no idea how much harder it would be .....yet any difficulty increase at all according to you would make them quit.

I am sorry but you just don't know what you are talking about, you couldn't....we are speaking in hypothetical increase which is more or less to whatever you say it is.

It's just a blanket statement based on your assumptions.

If it only gradually gets harder through a learning curve then it wouldn't be issue since end game dungeons are supposed to be harder right?

They wouldn't get to level 80 main story quest loving it the whole way through then quit on the way to 90 main story quest after they came this far, if they were going to quit the game would be during ARR or the more boring parts of the game...not after the story hooked them at 80+.