March 23, 2013 3:30 PM EDT
I agree on the grinding thing otherwise mmorpgs wouldn't be so popular. Personaly i enjoy upgrading my gear and put a little effort in it but it should certainly take less than half of my game time. In no way i condemn crafting i just like to run one crafting skill that gives me a good balance of progressing and not having to worry about it too much. Theory Crafting is something totally different (If also done my fair share of numbercrunching which crazy numbers could be achieved with certain combinations).
The favorites menu is a good thing i just hate characters with let's say more than 20 entries in it, because then i will go to the main menu to pick my stuff because it's more convenient and that's somehow a total immersion breaker for me if i have it to do all the time.