SE, Please do somthing about the boring gear stats.. Please just read first...

[Musashidon]

Your right, but do you think those people that did get unique stuff would be upset that they did?
Se is on the ball with the looks of the gear and some of the sets are amazing. Otherwise we wouldn't have glamours!
I see people going, oh, i need to get gordian stuff next, because it's ilevel 190 over 180, then i'll just glamour it to look like my current.. Off the top of your head, without looking, can you tell me what stats the gordian black mage chest piece has on it? do you care? no, because it's the highest ilevel. you know it has Vit, you know it has Int.. that's all that matters..

i don't know the individual player so i couldn't say.

and yes the stats do matter it's why we have bis. do i know it? no but i also don't play for bis.

if you see a player in all tome gear or all raid gear they are weaker then someone who finds the best gear (secondary stats)

It would be foolish to think people are just going to eat up the exact same thing year after year. That simply isn't how humans work...

People are fine with it now because this game really isn't that old, but eventually the constant copy and paste approach to progression in this game is going to hurt the game in the long term. Heck, if I asked people who I got to try this game why they stopped, I think I can safely say the the gear progression system in this game will certainly be one of the top reasons. It is one of the most frequent complaints I see leveled at this game, from people who quit and people who are still playing, and sadly Heavensward did nothing to change that, so far...

People will eventually get tired of the same thing year after year, if the developers don't spice things up it's going to have a negative impact eventually.

could they get tired of it? of course. does that mean they will? no

people who think a like normally play together so if someone doesn't like the progression there is a good chance thier friends will too. (not saying you don't have a point) but just because you know a few people who don't like how progression is doesn't make all of the players.