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This is still an MMO.
You either PLAY REGULARLY, HAVE FRIENDS FOR A CATH UP or the GAME IS CASUAL FRIENDLY (read: Titanforging etc.)
Since "people" wanted the game to be more punishing with less loot for the casuals, its down to only 2 options.
Raidboosting is worthless, its very likely to clear HC 3-4 times and never get one single loot in the whole raid you could use. And lets make it clear, boost groups usually are allready loot locked so you wont see many drops with a full clear anyways.
Boosting is not required, if you have time you can just progress via R.IO in <10, <15 and >15 keys - all it takes is more time, but thats what everybody is doing without friends and if playing regularly was not an option.
Payed boosting is stupid for many reasons. If you dont have time for this game to play at least 1 evening and are not social enough to have a safety net with active playing friends for a quick catch up, whats the point of playing this MMO?
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Buy gold with real money and buy boosts. Great gear from 2100 rating alone.
Straight foward the fastest way to get higher itemlevel is buying armor stacked boosts for the raid and m+.
You are confusing the way you want things to be with the way they are. I mean, I tank 20s so we can get into any group I want in 5 seconds, but that is not the experience for most players at all.
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No offense, but 240 isn't even great now, let alone by the end of the patch. And doing that climb as ret will be brutal, no one wants you in a group. Go prot if you want groups.
But again, the outlook for the avg player within an existing friend network is pretty grim.
A better way to think about Casual v Hardcore: https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads...asual-Hardcore