My friend the "content locust" :(

[Imapooonu]

I want to recommend that you read this guy's post again. I don't think he's about the instant gratification. So far, ARR is the MOST instant gratification game I've seen, and yet, we have people that are unhappy with it. From what I read in Yashnaheen's post, there just isn't anything fun. Once you have your favorite job geared out in the BiS stuff, that's it. There's nothing else to work for. To me, that didn't seem like instant gratification. I feel like he's looking for something challenging or fun, and just not finding it here.

That’s a fair request, so I did. I think it’s both. However, as I reread my own post, I do feel my wording was poor. “Instant gratification” sounds almost like saying someone has the attention span of a gnat or something, a connotation I was NOT trying to leave.

Yashnaheen mentions something that directly contributes to my opinion about their post:

I have multiple DOH/DOL at 50. I don't touch them as I have enough gil to buy HQ crafted gear for every job... Which is moot in itself as I have full DL for every job. I log on 3 – 4x a week. I could play the economy which I do find fun, but there is none.

In this part they specifically state they are not going to do something they find fun because there’s no justification in the now, not the possible future. It’s pretty clear crafting and playing the economy will have future rewards, what the extent of those rewards will be we do not know yet.

But I feel like I’m beginning to split hairs now. I like your take on their point of view much better. Thank you for bringing this up. It was late, I was tired, please forgive me.

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After reading through this entire thread what I understand the least is why those that won't do any content unless it has "relevance" even play MMOs? The common theme seems to be that nothing is worth doing unless "my" character reaps some benefit. Said benefit being the next iLvl piece. If that's the only reason to do content then I have to agree, you will never be satisfied. There are only so many shinies a Dev can put out at a time, and they will always be obtained by some faster than the next shinies can be created. There is no sense of community, no sense of being a teammate. So why play an MMO to begin with?

Well, I was just getting ready to post before I seen this. Glad I did because it’s an excellent point. And thank you btw for actually reading everything. That’s rare in forums nowadays.

“sense of being a teammate”

This really hits the nail on the head. I was a leader in a league in DC Universe Online for two years. I quit a few months after gates and prime came out. I remember tanking those raids for people long after I got my prime weapon and gates drops. Why? Because it benefitted the league, no other reason.

This is the only reason I’m even concerned with my friend honestly. That and he’s just fun to play with. See a couple months back, if someone needed a meld, he was there, someone needed help on their relic, he was there, company chest got low, he filled it.

That seems to be a huge problem with the community as a whole. To sum it up:

How I feel about content- The point is to get your Allagan and stand in your favorite spot showing it off.

People should be able to achieve “instant gratification”, and imo a part of that gratification is watching the community and your friends evolve around you. Juh feel?