Quote Originally Posted by Figgleleaf View Post
Not that we even know if this is how it goes down... but a Token Reward is not a punishment for Easy Mode. It's an easy reward obtained for an Easy Mode.
Not token as in getting tokens to trade for gear or whatnot. He meant token as in just...there. No reward, no gear, just the victory.

Quote Originally Posted by Amsai View Post
They looked the same, but one had slightly better stats. It worked there, it can work here. Also, because its +1 versions, its not the "same" gear. Lastly, I dont really care about the aesthetics of the gear. The Normal mode gear could look cool, and the hardmode could look freakin bad ass. I think thats fair. But the stats dont need to be vastly superior, just a bit better.
I can agree with this, though in some cases the difference between NQ and +1 gear was that only the +1 version had stats and the NQ was just garbage.

Something we should also keep in mind is that we should try to not give no-lifers an easy ticket to rule over everyone else in PvP. Tier gear in vanilla WoW made it pretty clear hwo a guy in tier 2 or 3 gear could easily wipe the floor with the opposing team because the stat discrepancy was that big.

I'll remain in favor of hard mode gear being slightly better versions of normal mode gear.