Quote Originally Posted by Rafaelhades View Post
"Implement unique sidegrades!" Sidegrades are not sidegrades when they're mandatory and the only way to make said sidegrades worth the effort of getting is if they're job-altering. "Job-altering" will eventually mean "must have."
Sorry, I have to vehemently disagree with this. Right now ALL we have are mandatory upgrades. How is that any different? It's no longer a case of picking out one benefit over another, it's just "Is this a higher ilvl than my last piece?".

You may prove correct in assuming that some people will choose one bonus over another, but I'll say this much for having unique benefits - it's a lot less boring. And right now, vanilla is about the only flavour this game has offered when it comes to equipment. It's already gotten stupid with item level 200 being bandied around, and who knows where it will end. Are we all going to end up with item level 999 when 5.0 arrives?