This post was originally intended to be (and originally written as body text) here, but it ended up being 5 times too long.

In essence, repeatedly running a level 49 story quest at max level to grind marks (tomes) at 50 is boring, understimulating, repetitive, lacks challenge, and is all-around awful.

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