User blog comment:YourPrivateNightmare/A discussion about Runes/@comment-6301771-20150913004352

Runes, as a whole, are anti-player. They exist solely to force players to grind more. Unlike level (which has the pretense of introducing concepts to players over time), runes are confusing, an enormous waste of everybody's time, and not immediate in their effects while being a vital cornerstone of the balance of the game at this point. They're a cancer, and they need to be removed in their current form immediately. And by immediately I mean three god damned years ago.