In which case, a game like EQ is not for you, or you just have to live without the top items. This idea that everyone deserves the best is, quite honestly, nonsense. There are other ways to get things anyway. Get things you can, sell them, save, buy from others what you want. No, it's not going to be easy. That's what makes it more challenging, and so more rewarding in the end, and meaningful within the game world.
I would challenge the entire premise that the game needs to offer you everything you want on your terms. If you want that experience, you've got every other game out there. Take your pick. There are scores of games grabbing for mass market mediocrity with everything they've got. You are literally spoiled for choice. For the hardcore niche and those who want a slower, deeper experience there is EQ and (hopefully) other games like it. It's not mass market, by design (and yet EQ was the biggest MMO in it's day - which says something about what a significant number of players really want).
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