Why do you continue to play?

[PiedPiper]

To be better than Halcyon Cam.

I love coils, I think all 5 turns are a lot of fun, and I'm really enjoying my FC's progression in 5.

I think Titan is a wonderful fight and I have never been so excited to clear a fight in any MMO after our progression (turn 5 may trump, but probalby only if sword drops and goes to me on first kill)

I have all battle 50s from 1.0, I have three full dl, my pld is half way to full i90, I play way too much, I think i count as a member of the "elitest hard cores that hate pugs." I do, kind of. If I shout "I want to do this as a speedrun" and you answer saying "yeah i'm good for this" in your level 30 accessories, that's just a lie. You have decieved me. If I join duty finder, that's one thing, I knew I would almost always out gear the others and be carrying, but I accepted that by joining DF.

I spend too much time on these forums, I read a lot of the posts, and I do agree there is too much vitrol in the "geared/xcores vs. casuals." I think most of this is when either group feels like their space is invaded by the other. If a "hardcore" is trying to build speed run or titan or coil groups, and they say as much, it is perfectly fair for them to expect their team mates to have a similar level of investment. If a "casual" joins duty finder, or builds an explictly non-speed run group, and a "xcore" joins and starts demanding speed runs/gear, its perfectly reasonable for the "casual" to get angry. Just because you think you are in of those two groups, or some where in between, doesn't mean you have the right to expect the entire game to be built for you.

I am against a Titan nerf, I am against a coil nerf. having been part of the effort to build a FC and do progression, I agree with the assesments of many otehrs that these fights are well tuned and perfectly fair.

I would be okay with a "easier titan" that awarded ilv70 versions of relics for casuals so they can have the pretty visual. (This would be an entirely separate mode, say "Adventure-Titan," and would NOT remove the current hard mode from teh game. Also, this i70 CANNOT be upgraded straight to the i90, one must pass through the i80 fight.

What do I do in game?

Well, turns 1-4, now that we are trhough them, only take us about 2 hours (not the fastest of the leetest, but still pretty hasty), which happens on monday night and often leaves me sad face as I come to realize there is no chance (or at least, very little in turn 5) of vertical growth on my paladin :<

But I really enjoy scholar and blackmage as well, so there is plenty of pre-coils content to do to gear and play those classes. Currently I'm working on making and melding vanya for my sch to be totally over powered with that 30%ish crit rate.

I haven't finished levelign crafts, never gotten into gathering, so plenty left in that direction. There is near endless horizontal growth room.

I'm not as pesimistic about 2.1 as many others. I expect CT to be hard for reasons other than numbers. Rather than it being the sorts of gear checks that say turn 4 and 5 are, I expect/hope it will requrie coordination on a much large scale.

Sure, with any luck, my pld will be full/very nearly full i90 by the time CT hits, but that means all that pretty crystal themed i80 gear can go to my second love SCH.

But, really. All of this is to be better than Halcyon Cam. Because nothing makes me happier than lording over my friend. I have a 600 hp lead on him atm :>

I play to be better than Halcyon Cam. Anything he can do, I CAN DO WAY BETTER AND LOOK BETTER DOING IT CUS RAWR