Quote Originally Posted by Amenara View Post
Am I crazy or was the first step poetics and the second step (where we are now) is where the grind started in ShB? Granted we had options in ShB for how to do the grind but I am pretty sure the second stage is when it actually started.
First step was 1000 tomestones of Poetics, the second step (where we are now) was 60 open world FATEs in Heavensward, and 6 leveling roulette / Level 60 dungeons. Alternatively, you could get them from CE and Skirms in Bozja.

I suppose they were more grindy, but there are fewer classes then, than there are now, and even then this grind only essentially took 3-5 hours, really. Not exactly what I would call a 'grind' either way, personally.