Quote Originally Posted by linayar View Post
That's like saying leveling and MSQ is invalidated because of boost. Not everyone will use boost, and if you want to pay SE more to do so, then SE gains from that, so they have no reason to remove it.

Just because you don't like the reason does not make it arbitrary. And if you don't enjoy it, feel free to boost, in the next expansion, since you can't boost through current expansion content.
That's a different topic, but the logic is the same, and you are correct in equating the two assumptions. I'm not commenting on SE or any commercial actions though, as per the forum policies. This discussion is strictly game design and improving the user experience.

It's not just because I, and others, do not like the experience that I post the request for the improvement to the game. I've provided sound logical reasoning as to the redundancies in the mechanic.

It's disheartening that the only consolation that the community offers is to champion the paying of a real world fee to skip game content.