Quote Originally Posted by Angelus_dead View Post
That's hilariously wrong.

In fact, if you list off some of the real grinds in DDO, I predict that you'll start punching yourself in the skull.

Do the words "mineral II" sound familiar? How about "Tome pages" or "White scales" or "Eldritch Runes"? And let's not forget the king of all-time, "Antique Bronze Tokens"!
Sure, that's all true. I was talking about raid flagging, though. Eldritch runes is one of the easiest grinds in the game! Whaddayatalkinbout?!?!? Now, if you want a specific property on your armor, that might take a while...

Plus, runes excepted, I'd say that raid flagging and optional crafting-related grinds kind of belong in different topics. Most players will want to get raid ready, only specific player types are interested in the Mineral 2 crafting and the like. For me, getting raid ready is more "required" (note the quotes, yeah, nothing's really "required"), while the rest is optional.