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[Bourne_Endeavor]

Pragmatic approaches aren't always fun though. I'm all about fun. And in my experience the math, all the buffs, exponential coordination, peerless execution of mechanics, lining up every player's rotation of skills together isn't that much fun to me.
More grating and tedious if anything. But don't let me get you green behind the gills.

Then what difference does it make? They aren't going to design a whole system that is completely meaningless given most content is varying degrees of easy. It has to take Extremes and Savage into consideration, which will prompt theory crafting. Once that happens, you'll see one build pull widely ahead and people push it on the community. Look no further than STR accessories on tanks. It began as something hardcore raiders did, then a choice between whether you were still practicing or progressing to inevitably seeing VIT accessories shunned entirely. It's not whether this will happen but how quickly a new meta forms that people follow.

[magnanimousCynic]

Look no further than STR accessories on tanks. It began as something hardcore raiders did, then a choice between whether you were still practicing or progressing to inevitably seeing VIT accessories shunned entirely. It's not whether this will happen but how quickly a new meta forms that people follow.

I can't believe I forgot the plague of STR tanks during Pre-3.2. It seemed to attract the people who didn't know how to play their class, thinking that using STR instead of VIT made them better tanks over night. It was very easy to tell the good ones from the bad ones when the first pulls started.

If you were a healer during that era you would prefer a bad VIT tank over a bad STR tank any day of the week.

[MagiusNecros]

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Players merely following the one build meta at the time. And boy did the lack of skill really show. You can min max content if you want but if you can't play your job at a high level it wasn't worth it. And because of everyone chasing the STR meta stats were nerfed to force Tanks to go after VIT once again. Good job player base!