I'm calling it exactly how I see it. I know a grind when I see it. I personally don't care overly about grinds since I have all the time in the world. However I do mind when it gets in the way of the fun of my friends. And honestly you cannot tell me that the cries of doom are unexpected given how friendly this game was to people who do not have alot of time on their hands. People could kit out multiple toons casually solo if they choose to, but then Incarnate content rolls around and suddenly you need to put in alot more time and effort into grinding out boosts for a toon, much more so when you have multiple toons. Oh yeah and don't forget you need to deal with x number of random people now in Trials any of which could easily grief the rest of the trial runners..Awesomesauce. Oh, yeah don't forget people with poor connection or weaker systems who cannot handle the raids guess what? Screwd.
No its not a monstrous grind by any stretch, however it can be -very- intimidating to individuals who may only have time to run one, maybe 2 trials a night and for the first while there's a good chance your going to fail it and make a pretty pitiful amount of overall progress towards a slot. I will agree that it does get easier over time as stratagies are formulated, people get boosts but until then expect people to be frustrated and complain.
We've been really spoiled up to now with how casual the game has been, and now that things are suddenly spiking in difficulty there -will- be complaints. Moreso from people who have difficulty grouping for whatever their reasons. I'm grinding through these trials myself to get the boosts that I want then I'm dropping them like a hot F'king potato. If I wanted huge multi person raids I'd be playing Wow or EQ or the dozens of others MMO's that have endgame raiding.
No its not a monstrous grind by any stretch, however it can be -very- intimidating to individuals who may only have time to run one, maybe 2 trials a night and for the first while there's a good chance your going to fail it and make a pretty pitiful amount of overall progress towards a slot. I will agree that it does get easier over time as stratagies are formulated, people get boosts but until then expect people to be frustrated and complain.
We've been really spoiled up to now with how casual the game has been, and now that things are suddenly spiking in difficulty there -will- be complaints. Moreso from people who have difficulty grouping for whatever their reasons. I'm grinding through these trials myself to get the boosts that I want then I'm dropping them like a hot F'king potato. If I wanted huge multi person raids I'd be playing Wow or EQ or the dozens of others MMO's that have endgame raiding.