Quote Originally Posted by Reilyn View Post
I don't find it amusing. Anyone who directly opposes the original idea of the thread is pretty much saying 'being skilled shouldn't be rewarded more than those who take the easy route'.
Well being skilled and being lucky enough to find a competent & stable static raid group already rewards you: you get to see awesome bossfights others can only look up on youtube.

Seriously do you only raid because "ermagawd item levelz!1"?
I may be oldschool but in my 8 years of active raiding gear was more treated as a tool (unless pretty, then it was a must have :P ), a means to an end in order to defeat the next challenge instead of the sole motivation to push through the raiding ordeal. The true reward was the feeling of awesome when we as a group managed to kill the big bad that mopped the floor with us before.