Save the Parties!

[Keres]

Still don't get how grinding on dodos in a field for 50 levels is more "hardcore," "intelligent," or "skillful" than story-driven content such as quests. Quests that actually give you interesting, varied tasks to do that directly involve you with the in-game world, the people of each area, their struggles, their history, and so on. So that each new area you explore means something more than "there's a really nice colibri camp over in this corner."