Quote Originally Posted by xbahax92 View Post
Why do people have to justify player participation in any content?!
Because there are (increasingly, it would seem) limited development hours, and we would logically want to maximize players' enjoyment available through what the game has on offer (in reasonable practice, not just theoretically).
Sometimes that means bringing in people of very specific wants (e.g., those whose goals are almost solely Savage and Ultimate, or solely Island Sanctuary) by providing them just enough content enough to buoy player numbers and subs even if said content sees relatively little breadth or replayability...

...But generally, and especially if forced to choose between two kinds of mid-range "alternative content", it makes sense to prefer the content that provides the greatest product of the number of participants, average (subjectively perceived) quality, enjoyable hours (so far as they'd still find said content more worthwhile to them than other forms of content).