Quote Originally Posted by Garlyle View Post
That's kinda the trick though, isn't it? There's no mechanics you Absolutely Must deal with, so the mechanics that do exist can be increasingly ignored as gear and general power continue to increase, and slowly the fight will lose identity, and ultimately challenge.
Indeed. But we both knew this would happen as a by-product of an advancing MMO regardless of the current scenario. Fights will always become outdated in time, due to increasing iLvl and echo-like buffs, which is fine. In the case of T4, the challenge for those who did it in the 5-7 month time span before 2.2 had run it's course, and in most cases throughly (which is why I enjoyed it when I did). In time even T5 which has been thrice nerfed (including Echo buff) will simply be outdated by iLevel as well.

I can fully agree with anyone's sentiments who rushed content before it was nerfed, because the true challenge laid in beating that content within the confines on the current system in play. However, it's refreshing to know that Yoshi-P will continue to deliver more challenges in the future with increasing difficulty. There will always be something new over the horizon that puts your previous hard earned gear to work.