Bill R Boggess
Member
I don't think the latter half of your post sufficiently answers my critique, unless you are arguing against yourself. You claim that the real question is "how bad" the grind is, but I don't think that's the question. I think the real question is whether the grind was changed in any way to increase average purchasing behavior. Whether you personally find it tolerable is not the question to me.
I think if the content locked behind massive grinding or loot boxes is substantive it's a much bigger problem than if the content ends up being something like a cut scene or some brief coda.
Don't get me wrong, I think loot boxes in general are annoying as hell but I'm not going to let the end of this game deter me from playing the rest of it, which by most accounts is very good.