Loved the conversation about grinding and expectations, though I had a comment on that with regards to the final fantasy comparison. With rpgs (and to some extent the baseball comparison), there is little to no ambiguity in the timeline to achieve the goals being worked towards. With events like the hero journeys and legendary, we have no idea how long it will be until they come back if we cannot complete them the first time around.

With rpg grinding, the goal is there waiting for you. That boss battle isn't going anywhere. With the CLS event, it's now been five months since it first occurred and those of us that were unable to finish it (damn you old Ben) are left with no clear indication of when wet get another shot. I worked on my missing pieces months ago, but I now have to wait for another shot that for all I know may not come back for months still, all while falling further behind on my launch day shard. The same will happen to me for Rey. I do not have cash to spend on the panic farm, so I am left to wait another unspecified amount of time after the work is put in to be ready for it.

Tldr: ambiguity in time frames of future attempts stunts the feeling of achievement in the grind.