Quote Originally Posted by Xatsh View Post
If no one buys any gear before endgame... SE just screwed over crafters hardcore... So either way epic fail
Why wouldn't people buy gear before end-game? don't you need weapons to level up with? Where are you going to get that weapon? Quest rewards won't a player everything it needs to avoind needing crafted items to advance. People may have gotten away with it in 1.0 because of how unimportant defense was, and how nearly unimportant weapon damage was, but that may have drastically changed with ARR.