What is wrong with people on the forum..?

[Gaddes]

The huge majority is ingame and is playing the actual game instead of complaining here. I have talked to hundereds of people today and not even one had a reaction even remotely similar to what you read here on the forums.

Holy hyperbole, Batman! Just a little advice, if you're trying to sway people to your way of thinking, avoid blatantly made-up statistics; it instantly undermines anything you say after that point.

And lastly, it's a reminder to all the people who are disappointed, furious and/or feeling entitled here. That you should sit back and slowly think about what this MMO gives you and what other MMOs offer.

Okay... so what exactly is Square offering at this point with this MMO? I'm sitting back and slowly thinking about this right now! Is this grindfest supposed to actually be enticing me? Am I supposed to be excited at the concept of grinding my brains out for a i210 weapon? Mind you, I come from a world well-versed in the grind; I was a FFXI player for around 7 years. The difference, however, is that even though that game's grind was RNG hell and quite honestly pretty cruel at times, the payoff was gear that would still remain relevant for years to come.

This game's extreme vertical progression will probably be its downfall. Why would I waste so much time and effort grinding for this relic when it will probably be made obsolete (or at the very least, so-so) within 2 months tops? I completed the dungeon portion of the relic tonight and then looked up the next step, and saw the absurdity with all the HQ crafting stuff. And what did I do? Shake my head and turn off the game and went and played Fallout.

It's not like the grind is fun, either. If you want to finish the relic quickly enough so that it's still a relevant weapon, then you're forced to almost treat this game like a second job, grinding constantly for hours on end. If you take your time and just get to it when you get to it (i.e. the casual way), then it's all wasted time because by the time you get close to finishing they will inevitably be rolling out an alternative weapon that's easier to get (I'm totally waiting for the update where they'll be adding the eso weapon's upgrade item to the Void Ark fold). And it's not like I'm making this up because this is exactly what they've done in the past and they've made no indication of stopping this.