Do think they are going keep game vertical? or horizontal for gear and stuff?

[mindful]

Right now the game is vertical were you make the made rush to the top. With the gear the same on the items levels and might be good bye on next updates.

Horizontal climbs are that there equal, but there always a use to them gears or armor no matter what.

[Xatsh]

Mainstream is almost 100% vertical now using level increases to negate everything to keep people on a somewhat equal playing field.

I would be very surprised if SE changes course They have the misguided belief that content negation will keep people playing longer it seems.

[SchalaZeal]

Horizontal climbs are that there equal, but there always a use to them gears or armor no matter what.

Don't want to need 50 different armors for the same job. One against ice, one against this one boss, one against that one...and so on.

Unless they expand armory to have 100+ room per item slot.

[HiirNoivl]

Yes. Yoshi P said in an interview that endgame will alternate between "peaks" (difficult-8 man endgame content) and "rises" (semi-difficult 24 man content).