[Zakizo]

Trexmaster » Fri Feb 12, 2016 7:02 am[/url]"]So...thoughts from everyone else on this? How do you feel about grinding as it stands?

I'm wondering why arena bosses aren't giving EXP at all. There's no reason for them not to when it might help close the gap between melee EXP gains and Evoker EXP gains when training day rolls around.

I'm wondering why, in a role-play setting, characters are encouraged to actively seek monsters out rather than avoid them. Monsters are stale because you're encouraged (and in many cases forced) to fight thousands of them just to do what you want to do with your character. Giving them more skills isn't going to fix that, because after the first few times you've seen it... what's the point? It's too bad though, because you're going to have to see it over and over and over, because rather than it being an occasional thing, you're shoved into seeking it out. It's like a magic trick. It's cool the first time, but forcing someone to watch it over and over, without reprieve, is torture.

And most of all, I'm wondering why grinding is such a large factor in a role-playing game when it's neither fun nor encourages role-play. I've personally felt that it was always in the way of doing anything meaningful, because even if you aren't grinding, many other people will be. It's not enough to be done, everyone else has to be done too. Someone putting in a ton of work to hit level 60 isn't going to make them a better role-player for it, and it isn't going to make them any funner to role-play with. I know I've said it before, but I don't really care about notions like "people should have to put in work to make their character strong." Watching someone I'd like to role-play with grind for hours is not preferable to having them actually role-playing with me and developing our characters in a more meaningful way. It's a time-sink for them, and it makes me feel robbed because the end result is going to be the same; we're just going to have to wait longer for it.