I see the masses are still mostly missing the key issue. Per Chris Barrett some time back “We recognize that the scales are tipped too far towards Tess at the moment, and Eververse was never intended to be a substitute for end game content and rewards.” Let's consider one example... D1 - 4 raids, 4+ raid ships. People ground for them, especially Aksis ship lol. D2 - 5 raids (ok, 2 raids and 3 lairs), 1 ship. EV has impacted the D2 reward system since the day it launched. From the most basic level of patrol looting, to end game cosmetic grinding. Another lie from Bungo, to add to the ever growing list. "But but but it's only cosmetic" I hear you cry. Yeah you're right, and I look upon anyone who buys this comestic crap with a mixture of scorn, derision and pity. Fact remains though, people enjoyed grinding specific old content like raids to get that cosmetic stuff, people enjoyed knowing that grinding a certain activity would give you a shot at a certain, often rare, cosmetic item, and that has been taken away throughout D2 purely to try and gain extra coin. Sheer greed, nothing more, nothing less.