Finally tried WoW

[Arrius]

WoW really got away from borrowed power being predatory.

It was an issue when it actually changed core aspects of the classes, and like you said, felt bad when it was discontinued 2yrs later.

Right now they do have temporary power stuff, like the Cyrce's Circlet, the new Delve Belt or the upcoming Reshii Wraps, but all of them were just BIS items with generic procs. No different than the trinkets you get every Season or even the class tier set's bonuses.

Keep in mind, the Reshii Wraps cloak comes with that there will be no other cloak drops for that patch content - Making it the ONLY choice by design.

With the ring and belt you were able to out-do its performance by high end drops, but the wraps are basically forced upon you with no alternative.

[Raikai]

Keep in mind, the Reshii Wraps cloak comes with that there will be no other cloak drops for that patch content - Making it the ONLY choice by design.

With the ring and belt you were able to out-do its performance by high end drops, but the wraps are basically forced upon you with no alternative.

Because no alternatives are necessary, given that you can fully customize the cloak's stats. What is happening is just that they are giving one BIS item for 'free'.

There isn't even a cosmetic loss, since they stated that cosmetic only cloak appearances will be available anyway.