Quote Originally Posted by DixieBellOCE View Post
Not everyone is a new player.
Correct, but the grind begins again EVERY time new content is added that corresponds with it, and for anything that somebody decides they want at that point in time.

Ilvl increase? You need to grind the new tomes, the Savages (should you do them), gather all those materials for the new crafted set to use/sell, melding new materia in (overmelding if you're going the extra distance). This happens every even numbered patch.

New EX? You're having to grind it for the new mount. We get a new EX EVERY major patch.

Decided on a new glam? You're going to have to grind for that one piece of gear you want assuming it's not something you can just buy.

The grind is constant and everywhere, all we get are minor breaks from it. And in the case of some, there's always something to level or farm, so the grind for them is near eternal. To act like there is no grind is...no offense, a pretty dumb take.