Cockblocks sucked ass in EQ and they still suck ass in WoW

[Adrain]

Originally Posted by Makata

my guild raped nag and vox pre-kunark. We raped Trak and VS in kunark. We continued to burn through every expansion with no problem. We won those encounters because we actually played well and had good players, not because we had jesus high resists.

VS was a resist fight? Err I seem to remember alot of runing but ok...

Originally Posted by Makata

There's also a god damned world of difference between blue diamond gear and marudon gear. Were there an item formula for EQ, blue diamond would actually have been a decent item considering they HEAVILY boosted your resists. It would be at least a high ilvl blue. It isn't some piece of shit lvl 45 green.

blue diamond gear was what? resists and mana? green maraudon leather/cloth is either resists or resists and stats? They seem pretty similar.


Wearing green and blue resist gear just means lower repair bills for learning new content. Enjoy it!

[Makata]

Originally Posted by Adrain

blue diamond gear was what? resists and mana? green maraudon leather/cloth is either resists or resists and stats? They seem pretty similar.

What I meant was if you compare the marudon greens (such as the one linked in the original post) to the NR dragon counterpart, the marudon one is pathetic. It's green vs epic status in a fixed formula system would obviously lead to this. Blue Diamond on the other hand, if you were to give an appropriate "price" (such as the WoW formula) to resists, my guess is you'd find the stuff to be just about as good as other gear of the time. Someone could put on a full set of the blue diamond and have resists coming out the ass and not be THAT gimped, but if I want primo resist without counting drops from the content itself (ie first run thru MC) my stats and dps go to shit.

I understand their purpose in the game, I just don't agree that they are the optimal way to keep guilds from blowing by content. Can't say I have the magic solution either, though.

[Hozz]

At a minimum, if they are going to release content where having 'resist' gear helps, they should introduce craftable resist gear for ALL armor types with that particular resist. People like tradeskills. Ask about any character in the game if they have a trade, most have two. This throws trades a bone and helps raiding out. Win/win, and seemingly not very resource intensive for them to add.

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