Weekly Lockout on normal Raids necessary?

[CNitsah]

So? Didn't Yoshi-P himself say that we should take breaks and play other games? The vast majority of people won't grind things out instantly and I see no reason to stop the very small minority that would.

It's a mmo, it NEEDS some retention mechanics, that give you long term goal. That part of the whole kick of MMORPGs. They already forgot that when they removed the relics grind and the exploratory zones et didn't replace it by anything, and we all saw how it went. The lack of things to commit on the long run is the worst that can happen in a MMO. The other solution si giving new content regulary (every couple of week), but we know that ain't happening.

Also, don't forget that, for someone that don't do extremes/savage, that weapon will be the main weapon for until the end of 6.1 for the augmented version, in 6 to 7 month.