GreyMouser wrote on Jan 6
th, 2012 at 11:35am:
I'm shocked SHOCKED that after they are around for a while and not NEW that people actually enjoy them.
Sorry mate, I don't bitch much, and I help out on Lammania whenever possible,but since you are paying attention, I have something to say.
A small portion of the population may enjoy them, but most are only grinding them for the favor/loot.
Attaching favor to them was a horrible idea. Since you can't get all 5 stars without a full group ( I guess you can on an arcane, according to some) on most of them, ViP's (yes, I know premium is a better value, but at $100 for a year, I prefer to be lazy) like me ended up purchasing arties with my "free" TP. That is plain wrong.
On Ghallanda you can't get groups for them, even at lowest level and marking it as a favor run. I know, I tried for almost a month and a half putting up LFM's and advertising in channels. Those with more time to play had what they wanted in the first couple of days and are done with them. No one else is interested.
They are not fun, some even have counter intuitive goals (raise 12 kobolds? Why are we supposed to let them die just to achieve a goal?) and forcing people to "play my way or pay" to get something a ViP should get automatically or with "minimal" effort is bull.
I am ok with earning favor as an unlock, but "forcing" people to play a specific type and group of quests is a piss poor idea. Like with FvS, an overall favor requirement would have been more palatable. But you say it goes with the House C theme, so it should be House C favor. No. The character plays everywhere, not just House C. The character is supposed to a hero in Stormreach, not just House C.
Minimally, it should have been the first favor unlock if you kept it in House C.