Quote Originally Posted by Kolsykol View Post
Honestly that's a lot for dailies alone, and actually doing the raid content is an enormous ladder that lets be real here ties into the irl cash shop.
Would you not say that getting geared and actually involved in raiding in Lost Ark is SIGNIFICANTLY more time-consuming + has RNG elements tied to the shop too?
Alts are also a pretty big deal in Lost Ark, obviously the MSQ especially from the start in FFXIV is going to be a huge time investement but I view that as a separate thing because it's not really part of the endgame.
In FFXIV I can just buy the crafted gear off the market board and be ready to go and it's not even expensive.

If you actually want to do the hardest endgame content then there's some pretty huge walls you'll run into in Lost Ark that are incredibly time consuming and full of whales.
Lost Ark content will always be relevant to your character ILVL so in reality you can progress at whatever pace it suits you while having fun. Honestly, it's more a mentality problem of "I want it now" than anything else. MMO's were supposed to be a long term hobby and some still enjoy meaningful progression.