EC explains how the current progression system is flawed

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The current end-game right now is essentially alex Nm and alex savage. Each floor can take a competent group anywhere from 15-25 mins to complete, then hope for drops at the end. If you do get a drop, then you cant get another piece until the next week.

Yep I would argue Alex normal takes roughly 10 min to finish, unless your scrubbing it up and wiping. Couple this with the super high 400% drop rate, each turn drops 4 pieces guaranteed. You have roughly 2 hours of gameplay. The cap itself isn't great, but hitting the cap in 2 hours makes it cringeworthy. We are dangerously close to WoW's garrison system here, where there just isn't any real reason to log on in between patches, unless you want to do Savage. Hopefully 3.1 fixes this some, with the airship content and relic weapon.

Maybe giving people a reason to want to craft would help as well. Right now crafting is the only reason I log on at all anymore.