The Other Side of The (Raid) Force

[Kathryn]

While i am unable to verify or challenge your claim of 99%, i would certainly hope that there are more then 1% of the community that appreciate the rewards of achivment alongside your friends more then the loot. Or breezing trough storymode. Atleast there was more appreciation for adventure with your companions in the older mmos, and what little spirit remains in the modern mmo model. I sure hope they wont crush it all, for the sake of imagined convenience and entitelment.

To be honest with most hardcore progression raiders it's all about trying to be the first to beat content and put it on farm you'll find alot of those raiders will infact skip story because it disrupts the levelling so they can get to the next level of raiding content asap, it's becoming all too common and the norm in modern mmo's & I have played mmo's with my husband for over 15 years.

[VarinaVashai]

To be honest with most hardcore progression raiders it's all about trying to be the first to beat content and put it on farm you'll find alot of those raiders will infact skip story because it disrupts the levelling so they can get to the next level of raiding content asap, it's becoming all too common and the norm in modern mmo's & I have played mmo's with my husband for over 15 years.

You're speaking about a very specific type of player, and myself. I have played mmos for over 15 years aswell. And to claim something as a norm just describes the importance of maintaining some of the older values. And in different games doing content, ive been part of groups that has cleared server first and what not of imagined importance. In the end all we did was enjoy the content challenge ourselves and got our reward for not giving up. And that reward is just as good regardless of being the first to complete something or the last.

But if some people want too skip story and just focus on gear and progression, that is up to them. Others will still value the commitment off challenging yourself to clear the content for the sake of the story. And achivment with your friends.

I dont know what you value, and i wont presume to know. But i hope its not easy content for the sake of it being easy. And you want to see it all just because you pay a subscription. That would make for a very shallow boring game in the long run.