Poll: Gear progression, horizontal or vertical?

[Renik]

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Resource management, the most iconic skill of the RPG genre, while Vertical is about equipping bigger numbers, unless you're a maxer who cares about minimal changes, which most people is not.

That said, i know a full horizontal system can't work in this game and with this generation of gamers, and hybrid or diagonal model based on choices (illusion or not), upgrades, and new ilvl every 6 months-1 year, of course this requires the addition of not overpowered specialized stats, without these horizontal progression can not exist.

[Sapphic]

Resource management, the most iconic skill of the RPG genre, while Vertical is about equipping bigger numbers, unless you're a maxer who cares about minimal changes, which most people is not.

That said, i know a full horizontal system can't work in this game and with this generation of gamers, and hybrid or diagonal model based on choices (illusion or not), upgrades, and new ilvl every 6 months-1 year, of course this requires the addition of not overpowered specialized stats, without these horizontal progression can not exist.

Optimising with horizontal creates bigger numbers, whether its boosted heals or DPS. Then when you have that set, what do you strive for next? Well the improved "horizontal" gear that comes with the next content update, hence making it Vertical with the illusion of it being horizontal. Just like FFXI, albeit there are items that are a must have, Eponas ring for example for melee from Aby.