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Originally Posted by Kolle Will the expansion solve this? I suppose if someone makes a new character on an old server, lvls to 70, and gets dungeon gear...well then they might be close to on par with tier 2 and 3 stuff. I wonder if guilds will recruit them? Seems likely. I wonder though, after a few months go by and guilds are raiding TBC will this gear gap return? Will the cycle just start all over again? |
Short answer? It will.
Apparently, the design will make a clean slate between raiders and non-raiders from the previous expansion. Non-raiders farming the end-game group instances, get blue gear which, once socketed, will have a quality between Naxx and AQ, depending on the pieces.
The big difference is that, on day 1, the Naxx-level raiders will not have to farm the dungeon instances. They'll shot to 70, and then start raiding, and get the level 70 epic gear with sockets, which they'll fill as fast if not faster than the non-raiders. And the gap will start all over.
It's probably going to be a bit harsher. After all, with TBC, every time, you get a new piece of equipment, you also get 3 sockets to fill with gems. So, every time you get a piece of equipment, you're going to have to buy some gems asap. Then probably add some blue quality gems from dungeons. And wait until you get some epic quality gems from raids.
You were complaining that you needed to take a break from raiding to get some repair cash and consumables? Get ready to take a larger break to get cash, consumables, and find good gems to socket your new equipment...
