Melding on tomestone / raid gear

[Ashelia_Ferron]

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Gear does not make the player. If you automatically assume that the person with melded gear is magically just "better" than the one who doesn't, then you have the wrong thought process.

Having melds right now basically means you have a lot of time, patience, and money. It does not mean you're a better player than someone else.

Add to the fact that secondary stats seem to have less of a stat weight than in pre-HW and you end up with only marginal differences that, while are nice, do not make or break a player's capabilities

[Awful]

Gear does not make the player.

I'm well aware of this but what i'm saying is if there was someone who was in ilvl 210 vs someone fully melded in 220 you'd take them over the other person it's going to happen in clear groups/farm groups. Yeah people don't want this to be the norm but it's like not enchanting yourself in WoW you have the option to meld yourself why wouldn't you? Yes it takes time, but from the sources cited in the thread earlier it's not going to be as RNG related as the melds we have right now.

I never said that having all this gear means you're better than anyone else, don't put words in my mouth i'm just saying from my own perspective is that I would take a melded person in my static over a non melded person because my static would push themselves rather than your average player.