Quote Originally Posted by LineageRazor View Post
What you say is true: A player that doesn't buy the expansion might as well not play. They can't level beyond 60, and there are NO current endgame activities that they can participate in.
No one can level beyond 60. The things that are locked behind HW are primarily the HW zones, MSQ and anything that takes place in those new zones. Saying that there are no current endgame activities would have more sting if the completion rates for Alexander and the 3.X MSQ were higher. But they are not. There is in fact plenty to do in the ARR elements of the game, especially for players with restricted play time, or a play style that advances progress at a far lower speed than the end-game community.

I don't actually think that buying the expansion for HW was required to continue enjoying the game, though it is certainly required to play any of the new jobs, obtain job actions beyond lvl 50, enjoy the HW MSQ, participate in current end-game, fly and of course access the latest beast tribe dailies. All of those things are attractive options, but are by no means a requirement to enjoy the rest of the game.

Quote Originally Posted by Niwashi View Post
It wouldn't really even need that change for gear condition. After all, the items already storable there have a condition, too, and we simply have to repair them to 100% before putting them away. (It's why there's a repair NPC standing right by each Inn.) They could let us store a lot more in the armoire, and still require 100% condition and reset spiritbond just as they do with the stuff there already.
Agreed, now we just need them to do it.