How would you feel about end-game gear only being useful for 3 months?

[Cycloptichorn]

and once again:
LOGICALLY
if gear becomes -easy- to get after 3 months
either: everyone will have endgame gear except for for 3 months each time better endgame gear is added
or: they will release new gear every 3 months so that hardcore players can always stay ahead

The word 'easy' is misplaced here.

For example: right now some of the best gear in the game is a reward for beating Darkhold. Let's say that in three months, the Devs release 'Even-DarkerHold,' which is more difficult and has better gear rewards.

Does that make the original gear from DH 'easy' to get? Heck no! I see people flopping about like fish in DH all the time, or coming out and talking about how badly that last run sucked, how they all got wiped... even though the 'hardcore' players have the run down now, it's still a challenge for people who haven't done it before.

And that's not going to change just b/c more difficult content is added. A char still has to get to 45, has to get skill at his job, has to find a PT who can do it with them, has to successfully navigate difficult mobs, make decisions under time constraints...

And people who say its a loaded question are wrong.

The way you worded it, it IS a loaded question. It's a false dilemma. In your original question, you use the word 'outdated.' The addition of a new layer of badass gear doesn't 'outdate' the old gear per se; it probably will be what, 5% better? 10%? That might matter to a few of the most intense players, who just GOTTA have the top stuff, but to 98% of the player base, the older gear will still work perfectly fine for whatever it is they want to do.

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

The way you worded it, it IS a loaded question. It's a false dilemma. In your original question, you use the word 'outdated.' The addition of a new layer of badass gear doesn't 'outdate' the old gear per se; it probably will be what, 5% better? 10%? That might matter to a few of the most intense players, who just GOTTA have the top stuff, but to 98% of the player base, the older gear will still work perfectly fine for whatever it is they want to do.

Couldn't agree with you more on this. Although, I don't have much to add, I wanted to support the post! I kinda think I said something similar many pages back, but this was better put. Rock on.