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Anyway, this just sounds like a 'woe is me' OP with farming as the villain. Like most examples of that mindset, it's wrong but never would the person admit that perhaps fault lies with them rather than some outside element.
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Well really my arc was more of a sidenote, honestly. Though it is a factor in my annoyance at how pervasive farming has become.
I know farming is common in all games. And I have played a few others (not many, but enough to know what you mean). IMHO, farming has suddenly become more common here by orders of magnitude over other games.
I managed to put together a team just now to my pleasant surprise. This is a case where I welcome being proved wrong.
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Exchange rates will always fluctuate. I'm surprised nobody's brought up the issue of prestige farming, since you can generate vast amounts of prestige simply running an 8-man all-SG team.
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Because how much they have available to spend on their SG base has little to no effect on anyone outside that SG.
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Says you. My sg is currently number 8 on Freedom. We take great pride in this and take steps to maintain as well as strive to take 7. Just because it isn't important to you, doesn't mean it isn't important to us.
Farming for exp/inf/prestige/merits/tickets is all the same thing. That is all powergaming is. Determining your goal, using the most effective means available to achieve it.
And yes, I have, many times, run a 8 man SG team through an all boss mission. I try to do it once per day if I can.