Quote Originally Posted by Sollux View Post
I think SE was planning for the long term with the new system
They probably were, though if the structure stays the same in the longterm, we're going to end up at roughly the same place again in 3.2, I have to imagine (unless they don't intend to reset crafter progression every tier the way they do DoW/DoM progression). For this raid cycle, at least, we'll never see the i180 DoW/DoM gear be worthwhile, as by the time the mats are readily available in such a way that they'll be affordable for the larger population, there will be plenty of other "free" gearing options that are higher item level (Esoterics, Void Ark, Alexander Normal, Exploratory Missions, etc).

If they don't reset crafting progression in 3.2, though, it'll probably mean that our scrips will be able to be put toward materials from the get-go (or at least, much sooner than they generally will be now), which will both make the new items (probably around i200 or i210) available when they can actually be useful and bring their costs down.

Unfortunately, we've still got about 4 months before 3.2, most likely, so it's going to be awhile before we have a real sense of how this is all going to shake out.

As an aside, when it comes to Quality of Life stuff, I *really* hate that the vendors for Rowena's Tokens/Collectible turn ins and the vendor for the gear and mats are on opposite sides of the main plateau in Idyllshire. Would it have killed them to put them all three behind the same counter? x.x