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It has no point, but the fact that it is there makes everyone focus on it, and due to min/max rolls on items, confuses the heck out of some. At the very most, a item should have maybe a level requirement to equip, nothing more. Do this and a whole slew of complaints would stop. If the raid, DZ or whatever can drop better gear, simply say that, not that 515 or 525 will drop there, just that it has a "chance" of being better.

You know the first person to loot a 515 piecve of gear that has lower scores than his 495-500 piece is going to come here and gripe about it, so save yourselves the trouble and remove the gear score attribute, its pointless and only causes players unhappiness. Heck, looting a 495 piece with better scores than my current 500 makes me unhappy, when it should have made me ecstatic!
over 5 years ago - Ubi-RealDude - Direct link
Definitely an outlier as far as suggestions go... I've always looked at it as a kind of short hand for expected power / ease of content.

How has the chase for gear score impacted you personally? Has it obfuscated your build progression or given its own sense of climbing the ladder?
over 5 years ago - Ubi-RealDude - Direct link
Just a reminder everyone, the forums are not the place to insult, mock, or berate other players or their experience with the game. Please keep the thread and conversation respectful, and read others' posts with the same charity you would want yours to be read with.

As for the skepticism around my and other Community Rep's posts, the questions we ask are deliberately more personal-experience-focused. We're curious about (among other how each of you are playing the game, and from your individual stories we are able to better parse together the underlying issues that may require sweeping or incredibly precise changes. I've said this several times now in various discussions but everyone involved with this game and involved on the forums wants to see the game do well and be as great - and as fun - as it can be.

If you want to read about some of the recent changes that have been happening in the public test server as of late, they can be seen here.