Current State of End-Game Contents - A Blog Post from A Japanese Player

[TheRogueX]

[*]The majority of players don't care about a T9 clear and ilvl115 weapons (or whatever the latest top achievement is) because they're still stuck on contents 2 patches ago. While everyone would agree that only the top players should get the best rewards, if people have nothing to aspire to or look forward to in an MMO, then they won't stick around for long. By the time SE comes around to "tend" to them, they're long gone.

First off, thank you for the wonderful translation. I appreciate stuff like this, even if you just did it because you were bored. :P

As what the OP would consider a borderline casual/mainstream player (who could probably hardcore with the big boys if I just had the time to devote to it), I would like to add my 2 cents on this. I totally agree that the best rewards should go to the top players. HOWEVER, I think EVERYONE should have access to the content itself. Perhaps an *EZ MODE* for raids and such that can is more forgiving to the more casual players. It would obviously have a completely different loot list and the rewards would not be top-tier, but at least everyone would have the ability to see the content (especially the story aspects of the content). From what I've seen in write-ups, Coil has some really interesting story reveals, but most players will *never get to see them.*

To me, that's sorta like writing the last novel in a super popular book series in Latin. Could you imagine the outrage, especially if people who knew Latin already were like 'lol, noobs, go to school and learn Latin if you wanna be hardcore enough to read this book!'

Yeah totally agree with that. Yet it's kind of expecting much from elitist to want to give the time of day to the casual player base. That's just how the american culture is.

Sadly, this is true. It's why people who are privileged enough to not be poor seem to have complete and utter disdain for those who *are* poor. It's the same elitist, entitled attitude. "Why should I help you with anything? You're obviously too bad at life/this game/whatever to handle it yourself, so you don't deserve anything." That attitude bleeds into everything in our culture, including MMOs.