Quote Originally Posted by RyuDragnier View Post
EX mount drops, getting that one piece of weekly loot you want from the current Alliance Raid, gathering mats for crafting in general, getting enough scrips to buy materia or buy even more mats for crafting, raising levels of the alt jobs you want to use, getting trusts maxed out, gearing up every job you want to use (including crafters/gatherers), Shared FATEs, leveling tribes, etc etc. There are a LOT of grinds in this game, so I don't see how anybody can say we have barely any grinds, when there's quite a few.
Not everyone is a new player.

Some people have:
All the EX mounts
No use for armor downgrades from alliance raids.
So much Gil that crafting is pointless
So much Materia that getting scripts is pointless
Omni-90 every job.
Gearing up evert alt jo.... wait cant do that because 620 tome gear is softlocked at 450/week
have full pentamelded crafter gear
Have the shared fate achievements

The game needs END GAME GRINDS, not just grinds in general.

Relics used to fill that spot nicely, now its just log in, get your participation award and realize that the game is just as empty as it was the last patch.

The saving grace this patch has been the crafter/gatherer relics, but by tomorrow i'll have those complete.