Yep. I only defend Blizzard. I’ve never had a critical thing to say about anything they do. I am just a mindless green shill.
Man, out of every MVP you could have pulled this card on, you really dropped the ball with trying to pull that shtick on me. I have been critical on Blizzard on many topics in the past, more than the examples provided. This thread, however. This non-issue is not one of them. In fact, I called this bologna DAY 1 when account wide essences were brought in–
The grind is fine. Heaven forbid people have to actually work towards something in this game.
If you want instant gratification then perhaps Garry’s Mod or Minecraft Creative Mode are more your speed. This is an RPG, earn your power. The grind is not that bad, certainly not the absurd 6 months projection TC wanted to try and sell it as.
I know several people who, before the Account Wide Essence feature, had ground out essences on a dozen alts because they are FotM players. Sure as heck did not take them as long as people want to say it takes.
Is it the most entertaining of content in the world? Nah. But just like gearing you need to earn your power and the grind as it stands is fine.