Quote Originally Posted by Winrie View Post
Someone who can't play as much shouldn't be punished with unobtainable gear therefore alternative content with just as good rewards needs to be there, it has to be, or HNM can't happen again.

I.e. A world were I can go up to someone and tell them grata on their gear they jus obtained in casual content, an just because they got it in a different playstyle didn't make them Gimp compared to his HNM buddys HNM set, everyones happy, everyones pimp, the HNM guy jus becomes subject to moms basement trolls :3
This wouldn't make the hardcore crown happy at all, if anything it would piss them off even further.

Their value isn't in the gear or even the accomplishment of killing the dangerous / "challenging" *cough* NM. The value is in other people not having the gear. They want it impossible for other players to obtain the gear, thus giving meaning to their no-job / school / social non-life.