Simplicity over complexity, time to change.

[Renik]

After the debacle that is hunts, where SE can somehow mistake dangerous open world content = hunts, I worry about how they will "cater" to their playerbase next. That being said, I can't really say no to more complex gear, combat and stat system. I am also in favor of less scripted fights and more challenging encounters overall which forces the player to think and react rather than to memorize. The only thing I do not want to see is excessive horizontal progression. I think the horizontal progession we have at the moment is just fine, sands and oils as an alternative to high allagan gear and customizable novus are all good examples of this.

Personally, I am pretty satisfied with the game and would prefer to see 3.0 closer to 2.0 than 1.0 or 1.23.

This is what i want to see, my opinions are just opinions, we are here to see what the player-base wants, i think we all agree in one thing, this game is not perfect, and part of this imperfection is the simplicity of the game.

You think the gear progression is fine, but there is not real horizontal progression, in the end all that matters is ilvl, there's not real choice, we have 2 sources of gear, soldiery and HA, only these can be upgraded and most ppl will just get the easy route because, well the hard one is too hard and the difference is minimal. I don't think a wide range of gear is going to work, not with an ilvl system, but maybe adding more sources of gear and specialized stats will give us more freedom, real choices, there will always be min/maxers, but most ppl will just gear the way they feel more comfortable to them.

We can have horizontal gear progression w/o having an annoying number of sets.

And you lost all credibility with this.

I don't see how.