That the best gear should be from raiding and not sheer attrition of killing high level mobs.
I agree despite being a newbie to the game. It's a concept which is the fundamentals of any MMPORG but only applys when your max level really. It may sound elitist but those who do the hardest content should have the best items and titles.
People who sit killing millions of inferior mobs should not get rewarded the same as those who kill fewer high level raiding mobs. The 2 are just worlds apart in difficulty.
Just because you pay (or maybe not as the case is) to play something doesn't mean your ENTITLED to the best of what the game offers anymore than people who pay to enter sports tournaments deserve to win.
I disagree. Options are good all that would be needed is to make the drop chance in instance chests high enough so it's viable to get the recipe that way.
This is a game and i'm all for choices. Get the gear you want by playing as you want, if that is killing 5000 easy enemies so be it.
Oh and on that note someone on the forum mentioned getting a recipe out of some instance chest, not sure about the chance though.