I think what he means is that for the difficulty of the encounters, it's just silly (albeit classic) to change the stats of items. Many people share that view and would prefer if no one did the research, because it just seems like trolling to a certain extent.
Buff timers, for instance, were a quality of life change made to the game that was probably long overdue, but since this was the first 3D MMORPG, a change like that was probably a patchwork thing worked out and made later as they saw how much ease of use it added to the interface. It is classic, though.
Simultaneously, we have Lord Vyemm who is quadding for 1250 while he only tripled for 1100 on live - a completely unclassic change to amp up difficulty.
We just sort of bounce between classic and unclassic changes, it seems. I hope they don't change the items, personally.
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