Power-leveling is absolutely BROKEN

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When leveling is that easy, all the gear from 1-49 is completely and utterly useless. Especially since you can wear gear higher rank. I liked when the journey to 75 was slow and "painful", and investing time and money into gear and quests that rewarded gear I wanted actually made a difference to how well I was able to party.

But, judging by the usual responses I get from saying this kind of thing, I'm sure I'm the only one that feels this way.

Not the only one. Include me in that.

I prefer the journey to be more involved, slower and not "race to the end".

But you make a good point... we do seem to be in the minority these days.

To each their own, I say. Though I do have to say I see an interesting pattern time and again in every MMO I've played. On one hand, you have player after player who races to end-game, burns through or by-passes entire swaths of content - all because they're *convinced* "that's how MMOs are supposed to be played" and "end game is "all that matters". Inevitably, many of them find themselves quickly getting bored and quitting the game complaining of "not enough to do"... Blaming everyone and everything but themselves and their own chosen playstyle for their boredom and frustration.

Meanwhile, folks like myself are having a great time taking in as much as we can, enjoying the journey and in absolutely no hurry to get anywhere.

When I look at the two situations, I can't help but feel that those racing through everything are screwing themselves out of a great experience.