The systems and progression used for monetization always detracts from the final result

This, this, this! When is a company ever going to sell something and not encourage people to buy it? "Oh hey, if you wanna skip the grind you can just gimme $5 ;) " yeah sure, that grind is an important part of the game (being sarcastic here) that I'm skipping by bribing the company in charge of it.

wanders off mumbling instead of spouting more sarcasm at other forms