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Originally Posted by fadetree
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Naw. Your definition is different than mine. I suspect it's a subjective thing!
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I'm not saying your wrong in your opinion, but I find it hard to understand it. Let me explain my perspective.
7/18 is objectively better than pre-dragon itemisation classic endgame. It might be the most extreme example I can think of, but it is not a total outlier. In Kunark level 19 trash giants drop a 10/35 hammer. Self-acquired drops like these vastly improve the power of characters under 20. It allows them to do content they couldn't previously and the effect only gets stronger as they level up e.g. weapons giving over 100hp and better than 1:2 ratios (over powered).
This is just the start though. Consider how plentiful drops such as Greenjade Broadsword are (11/25). This availability makes them cheap and easily affordable before level 5. Especially if that player is willing to XP on spiders, skeletons, bears etc ie what they would be killing anyway. ECmart helps rain this gear onto lower levels giving them 1handers which are probably better than the 2handers they would have without Kunark (gear raining).
Level a melee character in pre-dragon itemisation equipment and one with cheap Kunark junk. The difference is vast.
Perhaps your point of contention is it did not become a 'shitfest' until POP was played out? With our years of Kunark on p99 it has played out differently here. Thinking about it, top Kunark gear trivialises kunark in a way that I don't think top PoP gear trivialised PoP (and PoT gear was very powerful)!
Perhaps it wasn't PoP which was the only cause of the problem, but also the age of most the servers?