The crux would be whether or not the majority of that time spent was actually enjoyed. Just speaking from personal experience, there were achievements and rewards in WoW where I put with a lot of grinding and other tedious pursuits for the sake of the end reward. With raiding in particular, it started to become…

Inevitable comments of “all for nothing” already. It’s almost like people get different enjoyment from doing different things in games.

One of the <many> reasons I quit WoW, after playing it from release to Lich King, was the vast change in the mechanics, and the dumbing down of instances to make them more accessible to casual players. I wanted to quit after Burning Crusade, but kept playing because guild friends, but I was seriously put out by the…