I have not been in the game that long. I have been playing since June 09. My main toon is only a 25 but I have a toon that is 39. I have only played one farming mission (not on either of these toons) and I personaly found it boring compared to the story arc. However, it was exciting to level up a little faster. I read somewhere it should take a person a few months of game time to reach level 50 playing the story arcs etc rather than Farming. The advantage I see in having AE, for me personaly, is when I get the toons I really want to play (one of each archtype) to level 50 via story arcs. If I wanted to try a different type of archtype (diff powers) I could go ahead and level faster maybe to level 35 (when game really opens up for toons) and then continue with story arcs to get more familiar with that different toon and be ready for level 50 TF and raids. Anyway, I just would hate to see it go away all together. Besides, it is a good way to meet level 50 toons and you can team with them later. I have met one toon in AE that I continue to mish with on story arcs. He also has a great AE mish that I hope someday to beat. So from my limited experience I see an advantage to keeping it the way it is. If you find you do not want to play with a toon due to his inexperience just dont invite him/her again. My two cents for what it is worth.
