Stellar Mission Scaling issue

[Rolks]

Your arguments about "just don't do it" can literally be used against those complaints currently listed in your signature about the healer job. Just don't play it if you don't like it.

Of course, that doesn't solve or even address the problems raised.

Crafting, even high end Expert crafts, are generally laid back stress free ventures. Even Expert crafts can be logically mulled through especially with high end penta-melded gear.

Cosmic Exploration is not like that. The timed crafts, limited time for gathering, limited time between sequential missions, crafts with durability, quality, and progress requirements so out of whack with normal crafting recipes, are all extremely stress inducing events, where if one thing goes wrong with your gathering or crafting, you've blown the entire mission. It's nothing like regular crafting. It's not fun. It's just stressful. And just skipping one or two doesn't address the issue of the fact that the content as a whole is not fun, just stressful.

It's probably why, as we are nearing the end of projects on many worlds, we're seeing at best 15 people on the moon at any one time. The initial luster has worn off, it's not fun content, and people realize it's more a dredge than interesting content. The only people still there are probably completionists grinding through it rather than people there specifically for the enjoyment. Heck, you can find 15 people still in the Firmament and it's gathering zones and that content is several expansions old. Where will CE be in a couple of expansions? Probably completely abandoned.