Quote Originally Posted by KaivaC View Post
I mean...at some point, the fault starts to lie with the players themselves. Even if one used a jump potion, you should have enough common knowledge about MMOs to know that you should keep your gear updated as you level up. The mistakes that the devs make, yes, they should be called at to fix. But if, as a player, you've made it to the second dungeon, and your right side is empty or is under 200 (I'm being very lenient on this...really, you should be at least 240-260 by the time you hit SB), then the fault lies entirely with that player doing this.
Generally speaking I would agree but at the same time. It's easy to see why players end up under geared. The levelling process in the game is so fast it's more effort than it's worth to keep your gear up to date in a big way.

Even with levelling dungeons guaranteeing gear drops the problem stems from the fact that in the time you've done a couple of runs of say bardam and got maybe 2 or 3 items from an entire set. Your already high enough to be going into doma castle. And by the time you've got a couple of pieces from there your off to castrum abania.. and if rng keeps giving you the same kinda things. Like head and feet then the rest of your gear simply doesn't get upgraded nor is it worth upgrading because of how quick it will be out levelled.

Roulettes also don't help. If you're doing them daily then most of the time you'll be synced down to something so it really doesn't matter if your using lower gear.

It's pretty much the same issue players have with the endgame treadmill. Gear is replaced too quickly even in endgame.