Quote Originally Posted by fumofu View Post
Whining? Perhaps. But I just wanted to share my own thoughs and experience of raiding, to show that from my point of view the statement of this topic is false (at least partialy). Also, I haven't done Sphene ex and no longer have any desire to do any content that is harder than normal raids or trials (with an exception of unsync), as it's just not worth it. Also, from what I understand, most players actually somehow get satisfaction just from doing difficult content itself and while I can onjoi it too for some extent, but more often than not this content tends to be so overtuned that it only leads up to frustration and I end up hating it, so why even bother.
A quick reminder: this is a game. If the content frustrates you... It's OK not to do it. HL content has never been for everyone, in the sense that you have to like the challenge and have the time.

Another thing: this is a forum. And if there's one thing that's true of all MMORPGs, even the ones we're bent on comparing when they're radically different from each other... It's that the forums are always full of people who seem to be pros. Some of them are actually good; a lot of them exaggerate a bit, in my experience, because between what they say and the moment you start checking out what's going on behind the scenes there's... A gap.