Quote Originally Posted by Sylve View Post
As to the bland gear argument ... We're getting the Vanity slots soon, so you can look however you like.
Ugh, I want more than cosmetic. I want to actually be different, if that's my choice. Not inferior-different (herpaderp, I'm gonna wear hoplite (ak60 tank set) because I think it looks cool), but different because I made a choice for my playstyle and the content I tackle.

I should also mention that gear appearances in WoW are so bland these days, that the Raid drops are just recolored Tier set pieces. Oh, and Raid drops are virtually pointless since the Tier set bonuses exist. ...

You seem to be looking at WoW through some VERY rose tinted goggles here buddy.
Lol, I can't help how dumb that game is getting, but it was better, for a time. If modern WoW bears any similarity to a few years ago, set bonuses didn't always make a set better (lots of jobs would aim for 2pc and ignore 4pc), and sometimes /gasp, the set survived through the next tier. A set bonus good enough that it was worth a minor loss to your primary stats that higher ilvl gear would bring.

You are right about the librams being stripped of properties (totems etc too) but that was part of the dumbing-down of everything. At the same time they did that, all healers became the same, stats like attack power and spellpower were removed from gear, as well as defense rating. (At that point, INT gave nearly ever stat casters/healers could want). It's also WoW's fault for, through the entirety of Wrath, not making more interesting Librams to replace those old ones. They didn't even try.