They're trying to appeal to as wide of an audience as possible obviously.
You don't have to, and he never said that he does that. The only thing he said is that its just apart of the MMORPG industry and people should just get over the fact their company is trying to keep you as long as possible.
By doing something entertaining?
It's not about grinding being a bad thing, it's about it being boring.
Repetition is only fun when the player wants to do it. You have to be a very dull person to actually want to sit infront of your computer clicking on a monster and pressing 1-2-3-4 with minimal variation.
Worrying.
I'd much rather grind on quests than mobs anyday in any MMORPG, ever.
Why?
Hitting 1-2-3 isn't the same thing as reading text, walking somewhere, doing some stuff, walking back and reading different text.
Hitting 1-2-3 over and over gets boring. Hitting 1-2-3 over and over is the reason why games like Lineage2 and Aion are full of bots, it's a task that no one wants to do so they get a computer to do it for them.
We get teased and people decide to speculate instead of enjoy. Why don't we just appreciate whats been given now and just wait to see what else they have to release in the future instead of just assuming?
Personally, I thought the environment and animation looked great and seem to have had some hard work on.
Four classes, F for content.
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