| greatdane |
07-20-2011 01:51 PM |
There's lots to look forward to whether you're a casual player or a raider. Still, I think it's sad that Velious is the point when those two types of players are officially placed far apart. In original and Kunark, almost all the high-end gear can be traded and often acquired with just a group and there's not a huge difference between someone in raid gear and someone with good tradeable gear. Most of the BiS pieces can be traded. In Velious, every slot has a BiS piece that's only available to hardcore raiders, and you can get 100 HP/30+ AC/20 resists in pretty much every slot if you're one of those. Velious is the real dawn of the überguilds and the two-tier playerbase where the non-raiders become kind of second rate. If you're a casual player, there's something discouraging about the feeling that every piece of gear you own can be upgraded significantly if you were a raider. It makes the game feel less open.
All that said, the item I look forward to the most is Eyepatch of Plunder. I loved that shit. Pretty good stats and a priceless clicky. My ranger wore it until whatever expansion it was that came after PoP.
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