Pitfalls from past games

[grizzle]

Crafting and resource gathering. Probably the most boring and tedious aspect of any MMO. Even being grouped with somebody gathering resources is no fun. They may as well add stamp collecting and watching grass grow to MMOs as well.

Only because you've never had a system where it was enjoyable.
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Expand the scope of your thinking.

Not at all. Not everyone enjoys what you enjoy, Diggles. I, and it sounds like Ulfen, and many others, simply do not enjoy gathering and crafting. It has nothing to do with expanding the scope of thinking, or how it is implemented, or any other reason you come up with. It has to do with the fact that we Do Not Like Gathering And Crafting. Period.

I want to fight. I want to kill enemy players. I want to alter the landscape of the game world through strategic battles. And I want to be rewarded with loot that I can use.