Quote Originally Posted by Asiaine View Post
This may simply be a matter of perspective, so we may very well have two different views (as we are different people).

Some people may say: I spend 10 hours, I want something.. got nothing... bad
Some people may say: I spend 10 hours, I had fun with friends.. got nothing... no biggy

So its not so much of 'made up thoughts' or 'reflects reality' but the fact that different people have a different outlook on life ^.^.

The only thing I am ever trying to suggest here (and I guess I am failing to make it clear) is:
If you are of the mindset that you MUST obtain items and you will keep repeating it till you do, you will forever be wraught with despair and frustration. If you are of the mindset that obtaining items is a minor thing, and simply 'being' with friends is all you want, then you will have happyness and enjoyment.

(At least in the way this world is designed for now).
Your sunshine and rainbows approach might work just fine for the amount of effort you put into the game. I'm not trying to tell you that you can't feel that way. But the serious raiding playerbase is completely different and I don't think you understand what we're talking about. We thrive on progress. Progress means either the growing strength of our character or at least the ability to make measurable progress toward a goal. We already leveled everything to 50. We already got all our primal weapons. We already HQ'd our accessories and double/triple-melded our gear. We already beat the 5-chest speedrun "challenge". Darklight is the only way for us to progress, and progression is what we're all about. Telling me progression is "optional" is really telling me "well you could just quit the game instead".

I understand SE's desire to prevent Darklight from flooding the game, and that's fine but there are much better ways to accomplish that. The current system of spending ten or more hours a night and making no progress whatsoever is not acceptable.