Twinfinite Interview

[Naria]

Since gear gets outdated so quickly I wish that instead we could have horizontal progression via our character, similar to FFXI's merit system. From my own discussions a lot of the reason that some players don't meld is that the opportunity cost is simply not worth it for how quickly gear is outdated. Having upgrades attached to your character might encourage more people to participate. Yes certain builds might become required by the raiding community but it if done well it could provide something like horizontal progression.