Quote Originally Posted by Fendred View Post
They are no longer the status symbols they were before. Now you have to go do the next big boss to get new status symbols that will then be invalidated with another patch...
Hmm, repeated reference to "status symbols." Interesting. I don't know if it was your intent but this really makes it seem like you just want to have items that other players don't have, so you can lord it over them.

If that's the case, you still can. New Coil Turns.

As for gear being obsoleted, it's not that hard to get now and this is kind of expected in MMOs. I personally would expect that the harder gear is to obtain the longer it would remain viable. SE said from the get go that they would make content easier over time as new content comes out anyway meaning that the players who are on the cutting edge, beating the hardest content, will still have the best gear first, thus preserving their status symbols (which is not my personal reason for wanting the best gear but to each their own).

I'm glad there is new gear to grind for but I hope they add some horizontal gear sets and not all vertical progression. Bigger numbers are great and all but it's far more interesting to have gear that does something different. I want to see more depth and customization. I suppose they might do that as early as 2.2 (I doubt it though, they also might not do it at all, ever). If they do, then the Turn 1-5 gear might not be obsolete, who knows.