This is a great debate. I often wondered what other people thought about "grinding" or what they consider difficult. In Vanguard there was a TON of grinding. And I mean a metric (you know what) ton. It separated the weak from the bold for sure.
In most MMO's you either have what it takes to do something or you don't. Whether it be level wise of gear wise. No amount of skill or hand eye coordination is going to let you kill Ambassador Dvinn at level 1. You need levels, gear, and skillups. All of which are required by grinding.
So in my opinion, yes grinding(timesinks) do indeed help determine a degree of difficulty. I'm not saying that one Enchanter can't be better than another at charming a mob and working over another mob better, or a necro being able to dungeon crawl faster or kill said mob more efficiently.
But a characters potential is his potential. He can't do more than the most he can do. It all depends on the player getting the most out of it.
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