Quote Originally Posted by linay View Post
And something being more "efficient" than another in one thing does not make it obligatory or put pressure on you. You have complete control over how you spend your time. What puts pressure on you is yourself (or your friend if your trying to rush to be able to play with them).
You have control over how you spend your free time, not necessarily all of your time. Time gated bonus do influence what is or isn't efficient and can persuade you to play in a way that you'd rather not. You don't have to play the game at all of course, but avoiding it entirely would just be silly if there are parts of it that you enjoy.

I find daily and weekly rewards to be inflexible at times and I'd prefer not having to take them into account when trying to progress through the game.