Hell is other people

[dragovianknight]

The joy (and I mean that will full sarcasm) of Twitter is making a post about how those WoW raiders who claim nobody would raid if other content gave comparable gear are just admitting they don't raid because they like the content, they raid because they like having the best rewards, and immediately getting a reply touting how FUN raiding is because of the teamwork and overcoming challenges and being rewarded with the best gear.

But just engaging in teamwork and overcoming challenges wouldn't be rewarding by itself.

Apparently the shiniest cosmetics, the achievements, and the exclusive mounts also won't cut it.

Nope, the real reward is having the most powerful gear so you can complain how easy and boring the world is, and tell the people who primarily play in the open world that they "don't need gear" because "nothing can kill you in the world anyway."

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[dragovianknight]

(Look at me, remembering DW two months later.)

I often feel this way about raiding. Specifically, every time a Real Raider™ starts spouting off about how LFR or other "trivial" content shouldn't reward gear, I want to give them shit about how if they're only raiding for gear, and not because they enjoy it, they should probably find something they DO enjoy. But most of that type frankly aren't worth the oxygen wasted in talking to them.

[maureenlycaon_dw]

Look how long I took to react to this. ;)

But yes. The real reason they raid is for status. It's the in-game equivalent of owning a Jaguar or something. The idea of "fun" is opaque to them.

There's a great, if ancient website on this:

http://www.l2pnoob.org/