I'm just gonna say it, Rifts suck balls

The rifts and the gems are by far the worst additions to this game. At first it was disguised as a fun little single player mode with cool mini games, but now its a slow, painful grind fest that absolutely no one wants to do unless they want the rewards and cosmetics that badly. Everything about it is a chore, it's not satisfying, it's not fun, and even when you're actually rewarded in the end, you feel like you lost something to earn it.

I think it's just a really scummy mode that essentially forces loyal players to keep grinding over something that genuinely isn't fun. I might get downvoted for this but I'm just gonna say it, they should completely remove all this bullshit and instead focus purely on the pvp. Nobody asked for this and we certainly don't need it. Fuck rifts.