I miss getting exotics from something other than incredibly tedious dungeons or tedious difficulty activities that I basically skip because I don't pay to not have fun. this game's job is to entertain me if they want more playtime and cash shop purchases from me this game is competing for my time against other games and RL entertainment if anything is gated behind something unfun, it might as well not exist in my game . Doesn't matter if I can 'work' or actually finish the tedious activities. All that matters if whether it is fun. Free time is too precious to waste any of it on something not being entertaining all of the time. devs often seem to design around chasing skinner box addicts who will endure massive amounts of unfun activities for the tiny dopamine rewards, just actively pressing a player manipulating design rather than focusing on entertainment