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Originally Posted by Elmarnieh
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Which is one character, albeit a potent dps. Wizard epics, mage epics, ranger epics (all major upgrades) are on mobs that are on more or less farm rotation by TMO or FE/IB and secured wholly by them. Druid natureskin click robes and other major upgrades are had only in VP which no other current guild has touched. The saves and stats on PD's helm alone is a massive upgrade for every class.
Although I commend you focusing on the least affected class by top end raid content in order to bolster your presentation it is not an accurate reflection of the raid-wise ability increase that comes from gearing at that tier for as long as you have.
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Ranger epic is a suicide device with slow proc, and ranger is hardly a top dps class to begin with. Wizard epic is a rune click with small mana regen, they can rune themselves without one, plus Gabstik staff is 15 more MR. Think I see 2 mages tops on our raids, so I doubt them having a bigger air pet is going to win us the mob. PD helm is 5 more MR than a tranny crown, every caster is capable of achieving 200+ Int/wis without much effort - one more cast of lure of ice isn't going to quarantee absolute unrivaled tyranny over Velious. The expansion is going to be about coordination and raiding properly, not about blowing a 32k dragon up with your one extra lure cast. Cheal chains wont be done with NS robes that can and have been bought at EC btw. And the first thing every guild should be doing come Velious anyway is farming arena and whatnot for gear upgrades.
You're splitting hairs over 5 items total here as a massive gear advantage that somehow makes blocking off the entire raidscene for months a genious strategic move for the raiding guilds.
EDIT: Btw "more or less farm rotation by TMO or FE/IB and secured wholly by them" is absurd to read, too. FEIB tally of Rile Crowns: 0, NS robes: 0, mage epics: I think 1 earth staff, no idea if anyone even got it or if the guy who did alrdy quit, ranger epics: who cares, wiz epics: as said 3 or 4, think most of them have quit too. If it were as you claim that we want to stop all raiding to secure the monopoly of said items, then why would FEIB exactly be onboard of this?
And do attest the last paragraph of my post: not raiding hurts us more than maintaining any minimal gear advantage could possibly help us.