The game is billed less as a grind-and-level game and more of a celebration of art and music and, yeah, intricate martial arts combat.

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But none of this changed the game in any meaningful way, and the only reason to do it was to grind to a higher level.

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To simply level my character high enough to complete the next level of story quest, I either grind or join a different game mode.

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You can log into an MMO and grind out a few quests and maybe level up once or find a cool new item.

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