Was total BiS a thing during live?

[fastboy21]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I believe some guilds may have focused on gearing a couple of main tanks, those toons might have been the ones most likely to be close to Bis?

In some top guilds people did do things like "god looting" (thats what we called it anyways on live on Povar) where certain key players in certain key classes were geared out. It was usually the main tanks.

The thing is that depending on your server there weren't many guilds clearing the entire expansion before Luclin. Most servers had 1-2. If you are racing and sharing the spawns the odds of anyone being totally BiS before Luclin is pretty rare...at most 1-2 people per server. Most players didn't even know what BiS items there were for their class on any single server.

I also have to add that it wasn't even a goal for most players. EQ was still getting its boom of population during Kunark and Velious---the majority of players were just leveling or socializing or exploring. The game wasn't about gaining X item for most players. At least it wasn't in my experience. I was happy to have a few NToV items and my epic during velious.