I personally want to know that if I put a lot of time in, I will have certain advantages. What's the point of putting lots of time in if they will not exist. It's a really flawed concept that making things easily obtainable by new players and or casuals is helping them. It's actually not helping the game at all.
*cough* 800 levels gained *cough*
Sorry, must have had a bit of hypocrisy stuck in my throat there.