The gaming term GRIND:
Grind – Repeating the same act to achieve a goal.
Example of GRINDING:
Player 1: Hey man, that armor set is 1800 tokens and I want it!
Player 2: Cool, lets run this dungeon 70+ times so you can get it!
Here you go happy readers!
Blog from Colin Johanson (Lead Content Dev) about how its not about the grind nor shall it not be fun, and how you have the OPTION to upgrade to this gear that statwise is no better then other gear.
That being said! if its an OPTION for me to get the gear, why can’t i do it at a faster pace without wiping inconstantly? (which is NO FUN)
http://www.arena.net/blog/is-it-fun-colin-johanson-on-how-arenanet-measures-success
That’s all I have to say,
Do i agree that the dungeons should be hard?
Yes.
Did i get to grind out a full set of gear before patch?
NO (I did get the helmet though)
Do i wish i did?
Hell Ya, it was a lot more fun than wiping and it seemed to be rewarding!
What is my fix for this?
Just an innocent players opinion here but here goes:
1) Make the Dungeons hard. Not so hard that a fresh lvl 80 can’t do it (Which you should test to make sure they can)
2) Put the $$ Reward for completion back up, nobody runs the dungeons to grind the XP once your 80. Its our ONLY real stable form of incoming guys.
3) Lower the price on the gear, i would say by about HALF of what they currently are.
Makes the game rewarding and wouldn’t feel as much of a grind since you don’t need 1800 tokens
4) In the END, after a couple of months maybe, release a Hardmode of EACH of the dungeons. Which offers new (or pre-exsisting) exotics. Each run will drop one at the end. ANY Exotic. Make it feel rewarding and worth our time.
Just my 2 Cents.
Make this game fun Anet! I have faith in you. You were quick to “fix” a “problem” that you saw. Now lets fine tune this disaster and move forward.
~Sincerely
A player that might leave if stuff don’t change.