I don't mind a certain gear level ratcheting up, I've seen other MMOs (gw2) where people thought they didn't want that but in the end did a LOT.

Personally I just really want something that is as challenging as coil but doesn't involve a weekly lock out. Hell, make it just give vanity stuff, I don't care. I want something hard that I can do with friends and not only the 7 others in my static, once a week. Or even better, solo content that is actually challenging. MMOs are allowed to have fun solo content as well as group content.

And for the love of god, RNG does NOT equal challenge!!!

RNG is lazy as hell, it's not for nor challenging (unless doing your best to not unsub is a challenge). I don't want to quit this game but if I ever were to it would be over getting screwed by RNG one too many times. Hell, after a particularly bad atma session today I got into another MMO beta and started downloading an old one I used to play.