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[Krotoan]

Jesus christ, so does every other MMORPG that advertises lol. You get the lore bit then you get the other cool stuff.

That's incorrect, Eve for one example, all about the ships and the exploration, maybe some lore behind it but nobody I know talks about that. Destiny & Destiny 2, small mention of story, huge focus on the guns and gear.

Also I mainly play sandboxes and not super strict themeparks like XIV and WoW, so no, I can level up to max level simply by crafting in some of the games I play, they give us options and don't force us down one path.

In some of the games you play, but not all. It's like they're focused and made differently.