The TLDR of the past week is;
=>Vocal minority locusts QQ they have nothing to do, even though they probably haven’t done most of the content yet anyway.
=> Anet introduces the Ascended gear treadmill to shut them up.
=> Vocal majority, also the legit fans of the game go WTF?!?!
=> Legit fans explain in detail why it’s a bad idea, what’s wrong with it, and what they could have done instead of adding grind.
=> Apologists don’t understand the consequences, nor the other group’s viewpoint, and tell the legit fans to leave the game.
=> So the legit fans leave when Anet makes no attempt to respond to the PR disaster.
And now there’s a 50 / 50 chance this will go down as one of the biggest mistakes in the history of gaming. Well, I think anyway.