Quote Originally Posted by Lyrinn View Post
One other thing most "horizontal progression" advocates fail to consider is that in a numbers game, there will always be a best choice. Always. Period.
And for those who don't want to "go with the best but can still compete" - that's called 'horizontal/side grade' progression. You know, go for Leviathan if you don't go for T5 weapon or make an unweathered weapon regular again? It already exists, just the stats aren't that different to keep people wanting to go back. Since ilvl is most important because for example you get 35 str on one thing but 41 due to jump from ilvl 95 to 110? What if the 95 one had additional stats that enhanced your traits and still kept you up to speed without forcing your way through to turn 6-9? You know, the "options" people speak of?