Poll: Gear progression, horizontal or vertical?

[SDaemon]

That won't matter. Even if gear is mathmatically better. It is still a play-style change if you include effects and things that change the way your spells work.

Even someone 5% better, someone can play 30% better with one way and still be better then someone who has a small statistical advantage. People just Hoard stuff because they are unsure of themselves.

It will most definitely matter.

It means you will need to collect every viable piece of gear for every encounter. Instead of hording gear for glamour you would be doing it in order to have the piece of gear tailored for the encounters you'll face.

Lots of unavoidable raid wide damage in Boss A? Bring that gear that offers heals upon damaging. Frequent tank buster moves on Boss B? Tank should bring that gear where boss damage = self heals or damage taken = boss damage. Situations like these will be commonplace.

The inventory bloat is real.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

It will most definitely matter.

It means you will need to collect every viable piece of gear for every encounter. Instead of hording gear for glamour you would be doing it in order to have the piece of gear tailored for the encounters you'll face.

Lots of unavoidable raid wide damage in Boss A? Bring that gear that offers heals upon damaging. Frequent tank buster moves on Boss B? Tank should be bring that gear where boss damage = self heals or damage taken = boss damage gear. Situations like things will be commonplace.

But its unreliable to rely on it too much because its a % chance, it could never work for that unavoidable damage. Thus its not made to be used with it, its just a little helpful, not required.

o' Of course it does matter! However, what if it never procs? Its a Percent. You don't rely on it! You don't need it to kill the boss, its helpful!

[SDaemon]

Of course it does matter!

Exactly

/10char

[Nektulos-Tuor]

Exactly

/10char

Yes, but if you chose the damage on proc gear. That is more threat and damage, what if the boss uses aoes and everyone has % proc on damage gear? That is massive dps to the boss killing him faster so he does less tricks.

[SDaemon]

Yes, but if you chose the damage on proc gear. That is more threat and damage, what if the boss uses aoes and everyone has % proc on damage gear? That is massive dps to the boss killing him faster so he does less tricks.

So you are saying that if a situation called for more damage, players would use the pieces that offers them more damage. Exactly. Tailored gear for fights ftw!

[Nektulos-Tuor]

So you are saying that if a situation called for more damage, players would use the pieces that offers them more damage. Exactly. Tailored gear for fights ftw!

Not really "tailored" you take the risk of not being able to heal it now. Its a trade-off, not required. Also you can't rely on it. What if none of the pieces proc?

[SDaemon]

Not really "tailored" you take the risk of not being able to heal it now. Its a trade-off, not required. Also you can't rely on it. What if none of the pieces proc?

Not really a trade-off. Players will find which piece of gear works best for each fight and use that. If the fight has too much damage going out that it can't be healed in that damage proc gear, you wouldn't wear that specific damage buffing gear.

And you keep mentioning "what if it doesn't proc". And? That fact that the proc exists places it above a piece of gear that doesn't have that proc, when used in the situation you are equipping it for.

In a comparison between two pieces of gear that are equal other than their procs, the procs on them being a % base is irrelevant when choosing between the 2.