June 30, 2009, 02:30 PM
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Character Info
Naras
80 Blood Elf Warlock
Ner'zhul
US
PvP
Guild: FAKE IT
Talent Spec: 54/0/17
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Re: On the PTR : universal tier tokens and extendable raid locks
I for one can see both sides of the argument about the universal tokens. For a casual player, it's nice to not have to dedicate 40 hours a week raiding and still get good gear. Then again, we already see to much of the situation where someone with top of the line gear, is a hardcore baddie that you'll never group with again. There was a time when having a certain level of gear meant various things. generally it meant you were a decent player, because it took 20-40 skilled people not screwing up to down a boss. If you just joined a guild but were geared from a previous guild/pugs it meant that you dedicated time to the game. Meaning this guild wouldn't take you on their runs and gear you up, just to have you not log on for weeks at a time. Now, after complaints of the casual raider not being able to get gear, and so few people seeing Blizz's endgame content, Blizz has come up with various ways to combat that problem. First we saw naxx, which is the type of raid where you have to be a complete idiot not to succeed. It isn't hard, gear drops constantly, and almost anyone can do it. So, people complained that raiding was too easy. So here comes Ulduar, where we have come full circle to the point where Ulduar isn't casual raider friendly. Once again, complaints. So next comes universal tokens and conquest badges handed out like candy. The problem I see is that so many people are going to just get groups to do the easy bosses, so they get their tokens, and whatever cool end-raid content Blizz has set up will be a rare thing to see. gear will be ridiculously easy to get, and we will find ourselves back at the point where everyone, even bad players, will be geared out. The elitist factor will be relegated to what, proto-drakes? So one person has great gear from raiding, progression, hours of wipes figuring out new bosses. While some other people have the same gear, from doing a handful of bosses and easy to farm badges. I guess the only tangible thing to separate raiders from casual players will be best in slot gear, which will most likely be much harder to get. Probably hard modes and final bosses, things like that. So their will still be a gear difference between the casual player and the raider. But it won't be so bad as when the casual player had UBRS and maybe some MC gear, as opposed to the raider who clearly outgeared him with Naxx and BWL gear. In the end, it all comes down to money. Blizz might lose a few of the hardcore raiders to things like this, but the majority of players are more casual, and will probably welcome these changes. We've all seen with Blizz that if it means keeping customers, Blizz will do it, no matter how ridiculous it may be. In the end, they're just a company making as much money as they can, by making the majority of their customers happy.
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