And SE banks on all of the people who say "I don't like it but it's all I have so I'll do it." Ignoring the fact that for a lot of folks it's not even tolerable, "tolerable" should never be a bar we allow games to stoop to. If this was back in the days of actual server limitations, when giving capes "wind" physics was a Big Deal, maybe this kind of grind would have been "tolerable" because games hadn't broken out into new types of content and playstyles. But it's 2018. Games have already proven million times over that they can do much more innovative stuff than this. Even a "hearken back to XI," which so many players want, could be done more enjoyably than this. If you don't want to stand up and say "Shame, SE, you could do better" that's fine. But "it's not the worst" should never be an acceptable parameter for something.

And for the record, we all know the satisfaction of a job well completed, we're not saying it needs to be a walk in the park. But I don't find that much satisfaction in the same monotonous motions nonstop for 2 weeks. I certainly don't want to pay for the privilege of doing it.