If we all didn't want to grind we'd be playing native.
Guess what, some of us do play crpg
and native. For different reasons.
I am not saying a native title/ victory is more important than a crpg title/ victory. But for me, it is.
I always hated the grind in crpg. But I like crpg because I can take the weapons and armors I want to use, and I am not stuck to some shit that is bound to the faction in which I am forced to play (by clans order, or autobalance.)
It's a game with an rpg element. That by nature means grind.
No. Grind is not needed. Not at all. Just give everyone the same amount of attribute and skill and weapon points to spend.
Thats your roleplay element.
Every one of us here likes the grind and likes the end goal of the grind.
No. Not at all. Did you actually read what others wrote?
but a lot of my enjoyment is knowing I have my completed char.
Sure, this, and that with your completed char you can dominate others that dont have a completed char (yet).
You see, we all like to feel we are rockin', but where is the freakin' fun when its the superior char who does most of the work?
I d bet Oberyn had more fun to own me in native than to do so in crpg. I mean in crpg he always had the way better char, so its just not the same.
Sure, I shall admit, when I had my heavy plated charger and got 20 kills and more in a single round on Pecores server, it was fun. For a weekend. Then I got bored. I would have quit earlier, but I really enjoyed the rage of two-handers when I trampled them. But if the devs wouldnt have killed the elephant, I would have stopped it anyway.
Nowadays, the plated charger the worst horse right after the sumpter, I am thinking of a return of the elephant rider, just for fun. I wont get much kills with it. What I am trying to say is, crpgs fun shouldnt be some childish shit like yeah, I have the best shit and now I can kill those that are actually better than me. You often can learn more from defeats than from victories.
crpg should be fun because its not as limited as native. But crpg should (in my opinion) be fair, and at the moment its not. Some can take seven hits and kill with a lucky punch/ slash. Some can wear heavy armor use heavy weapons and outrun naked opponents. Thats crazy.
If you have to privilege certain people over the majority, (in my opinion) it should be the donators and the developers. Those guys pay for the servers, and try to improve the game (although me personally, I hate most of their changes, but I can see that they think about it and its okay for me.)
You kids should try to be not that selfish. You have invested your time in your grind, and you have earned the fun you had with your superior char. But now its time to move on and bring some fairness back.