Quote Originally Posted by raelgun View Post
Actually it wouldnt work, because we already have SOLD gear as the alternative to use, thats why its there to fill in the gaps. People are just being greedy and not looking at the bigger picture, there is an option, you are just refusing to accept it. Upgrade is an upgrade, thats how its always been, refusing an upgrade is just idiotic, get the alternative item, use it.
This is nothing more than the poor result born from the terribly thought out system we currently have. This whole alternate gear business bought from alternate currency has completely thrown risk/reward out the door which is an entirely separate issue on its own.

Tomestone gear alternatives are not a proper solution. They are a symptom of the much larger overall itemization problem ARR has had since day 1. It is simply not working and has really done nothing but created a terribly frustrating and boring endgame.