Quote Originally Posted by razzgrizz3 View Post
the only thing i dont like about this is players geting the loot, why do you need it you have poetics anyway. this loot should be a status symbol for beating difficult content as well as a mark of a good player (of course ppl can cheat this with carries anyway). i really dont care about the content being made faceroll easy or there being no gating on patch day. hell let these people that cant get past t5 go into current fcob right now and try it i really dont mind.
Let me say this outright: gear is not a status symbol. It never really was to begin with, except in the minds of raiders. Gear is only a means to an end, that end being the content. It's there as a crutch to enable you to keep leveling once you reach the hard cap. It gives the developers control over the pace of the game, etc, etc.

WoW has been working for some time to downplay the importance of gear, while trying to give people other items, like achievements, titles, minions, etc. as proof of their accomplishments. Those are more long lasting anyways. Why the hell do you pin you pride on something you're going to replace, when an exclusive title is more permanent.