Quote Originally Posted by dangadget View Post
Counterpoint.
Being invested in the story is the only reason the endgame holds any interest for me whatsoever.
I could care less about the Ruby Weapon gear, but I'm very interested in whatever connection Shadowhunter has to it.
Likewise, I don't care about the Edengrace gear in and of itself, but I'm very interested in the continuing story of Rynne and now Gaia.
It works both ways
I'm sorry, but the amount of time spent in dungeons/raids/trials from the MSQ in order to continue your story is only the tiniest fraction of the overall hours you spend running around with the hundreds of various quests (far too many of these being awful fetch quests to boot).