Why pay a subscription?

[Alcyon_Densetsu]

Unless it's Castrum Meri or Amdapor Keep.

I'd wager that if doing them all over again to achieve a "grind" isn't an enjoyable experience, then there's no reason to do it the first place, because the "end", being fully geared, will sooner rather than later become null in terms of gameplay —no later than the next patch. So if you didn't enjoy it, then you've gained pretty much nothing.

What I said here, however a bit more extensively (parts in navy blue).

On a personal level, when I grinded Castrum, and soon will grind Amdapor, I do it with friends, and we have a blast on Mumble. It's just fun, because we like combat in this game (no matter what we gain by "winning") and we enjoy ourselves together.