Hope I'm wrong, but stat squish seems to make people weaker in pre-EW contents?

[Azuri]

The problem in a Multiplayer Online Role Player Game with a vertical ilvl gear system, is that in contrast to a stand alone game, you have to repeat very old content in order to get the items needed to have that "you're-way-stronger-than-before" experience (AKA Poetics in this game, ilvl) aside the usual "natural" level we get. To that end, we need to repeat the same old content over and over again, for us to become artificially stronger, because If we go naked with our "level 90" we would of die on a same level monster.

In a stand-alone game, sure, you can go with lvl-90 and choose in between killing low level mobs and take forever to level up or go endgame content a few times, but is your choice to never touch old/low level content ever again, beacuse if you go to those zones, pretty much you sneeze and 20 mobs in the area die. MMORPG """forces""" you to repeat old content for the sake of become stronger, like blatantly.

Of course is one's choice to do it or not. But, at least, if we have to do it 1000000 times, better have it fun than braindead boring, in my humble opinion, that is.

What are you even talking about? Poetics are completely irrelevant for end-game progression. You can easily get all the newest gear without ever touching sub-90 content. Five expert roulettes a week, less if you raid. Not that the original point you were replying to was good, but your argument just isn't reflecting the realities of the game at all.

[LordTimmy]

What are you even talking about? Poetics are completely irrelevant for end-game progression. You can easily get all the newest gear without ever touching sub-90 content. Five expert roulettes a week, less if you raid. Not that the original point you were replying to was good, but your argument just isn't reflecting the realities of the game at all.

My bad, seems that I have to mention every tome in game so the semantics don't come and bite me :3

Astronomy, Aphorism and w/e tome will become the flavor of the expansion, that you may get on hunts or expert roulette.

Also, yes, ppl can do extremes, ultimates and such to get top echelon gear, but I think OP is talking about more casual high level gear on content that can be done in roulettes and how the stat squish affects the old content to that purpose.


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