Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
If the content appeals to some via intrinsic value and to others only via extrinsic reasons and those would each encourage competing behaviors, then you have an issue.
Maybe it has been done successfully elsewhere and I'd be more aware of potential solutions if I were more experienced with this genre, but I'm at a loss for how this issue can be avoided in an MMO.
(Not that the extreme streamline approach that FF14 has is necessarily a good substitute for a solution)