New NMs and Class Specific Gear

[Jennestia]

One of the reasons I don't really like rank restricted gear is because in a way doing that is like SE is saying to us "You don't know how to wear the appropriate gear for your rank so we'll make sure you do" and imo that'd be kind of insulting, because it means that in a way SE would be taking away our ability to think for ourselves and make our own descisions on gear.

I've never heard this before -- Clearly if you're a DoW, you'll want STR, DEX, ATTACK and ACCURACY, so you know what type of gear to get, all having a rank or class requirement on gear does is let you strive for obtaining it, for example if a Marauder gear gives "Bloodbath effect +2", why should this be wearable by anyone at any level?

[Nahaara]

I've never heard this before -- Clearly if you're a DoW, you'll want STR, DEX, ATTACK and ACCURACY, so you know what type of gear to get, all having a rank or class requirement on gear does is let you strive for obtaining it, for example if a Marauder gear gives "Bloodbath effect +2", why should this be wearable by anyone at any level?

In that example i'd agree that a class restriction on that particular piece of gear be implemented, because the effect bonus wouldn't make as much sense for a class that wasn't Marauder.