Itemization in this Game is One-Dimensional

[rabbitzero]

Give it time, most games start slow with gear choices, but even WoW, which has been out for close to ten years is basically the same, go for top gear that is available. Once vanity system comes out, i think that will help a lot with everyone looking the same, even though stats might be the same.

You can't really blame companies though, it's players driving it. If there was more horizontal progression, where iLevel capped at say 70 or so, but different effects on items or whatever, players would theorycraft which gave best deeps or what, and if you didn't have that, no group for you. It's why WoW got rid of the old talent trees, it was just an illusion of choice, when everyone pretty much went on elitist jerks for the "best build" anyway.

[ApolloGenX]

Give it time, most games start slow with gear choices, but even WoW, which has been out for close to ten years is basically the same, go for top gear that is available.

Yes, I believe WoW gear actually got much simpler over time. Instead of choices now, they have "sets"... and basically, you just get your "set"... so everyone wears the same "sets" and looked the same until vanity slots happened.

That is fine, but then gear might as well be tokens, while there is fashion gear that you use for your vanity slots. It really kind of disconnects the acquisition of stat related gear and appearance/distinction. That's fine if you want a game where tanks run around in swimsuits, and dps runs around in furry animal costumes... but to me that really just ruins immersion and makes characters feel like paper dress up dolls... I don't know... personal preference.