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I can give real life testimony as to how Grinding ruins a game. I have played well over 15 mmorpg's and all of them fail to comfort the casual gamer. I played EQ2 (lvl 70 wizard) the longest and after 2 years I got bored with the high end content. Raiding has its benefits but only if you have time to spare and friends to play with. I played WOW for the last year and have found that the same rules apply. I played City of Heroes for 6 months when it first came out and by far it remains one of the worst grinding games yet. I only made lvl 17 on COH and found it too repetitious. In Final Fantasy XI online the grind is ridiculous and when you get to lvl 10 you will not ever get in a group in less than an hour. Runescape has 99 levels for each skill, grinding is a way of life and it is boring.
I love to play when I feel like playing and I hate the fact that you have to commit your soul to a game just to make a difference. A lot of the time you must grind to have a good time because 1.)The player level spectrum is uneven. 2.) The content is Raid oriented. 3.) The database of items isn’t geared towards casual players.
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