Mythology Cap Is Unnecessary

[Manila]

It takes roughly 5k ToP to get a full set of darklight, and people had that the first week the game was out from chain running AK at 80 Phil 40myth. Without a cap, these players would have easily been full af2 by week 2 and others playing more casually 3-6 weeks after. This would a) trivialize 4 turns in BCOB, b) relegate all gear drops in BCOB to being sidegrades, c) "force" people to chain run AK and only AK until they have full AF2, d) further devalue crafted end game items, and e) seriously increase the rate of content consumption and burnout.

The amount of time req to fully gear ALL classes is irrelevant. Theres no reasonable expectation that even a tiny fraction of the playerbase would want to do that or find that as a valid substitute for actual content.

Personally I'm still not sold on the idea of raid gear being handed out to nonraiding people by a vendor, but if that system must exist then a gate such as a weekly cap is necessary for longevity.

[Lotarion]

Personally I'm still not sold on the idea of raid gear being handed out to nonraiding people by a vendor, but if that system must exist then a gate such as a weekly cap is necessary for longevity.

I hate the token system. The cap is a must but I think it would be much better to not have mythos at all. They have addeds such complex crafting to the game and yet they are handing gear without it ;/

[LetoAtreidesII]

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So what if people had full DL in the first week? Why does that matter to YOU?! Are they you? No. Are they even the majority of the player base? If statistics are to be believed, nope. And getting Philo is way easier in shorter than than getting Mythology. Not a fair comparison. Why shouldn't people get the gear they want as fast as they possibly can if they're crazy enough to grind it out that much? Basically doing nothing but playing the game. It doesn't mean YOU have to do the same.

And why do you have a problem with people getting gear for putting work into getting that gear? They still have to do a lot to get that mythos gear. And it's not like there isn't more gear from Binding Coil that can't be got at all with mythos. So raiding that still accounts for lewt. Why must everyone treat MMOs like a dick comparison contest or some kinda race?