02-11-2008, 02:01 PM
Quote:Unless they're rerolls that join well established guilds, people who have not started raiding to this point are not going to make any significant progress.
As I said before, there's an entire group of people, probably a larger group than the 25-man raiding population, who will benefit from badge gear, that were never going to see BT/Hyjal/SSC/TKSunwell25 anyway, because of RL/playtime considerations. Therefore, the gear will help their personal character progression, which will keep them playing, and paying Blizzard every month. That's what badge gear is all about. It's not really aimed at 25-man raiders, especially not those who have made it to BT already. Yes, some of those people didn't have the skill to raid anyway, but, there's also a big segment that does have the skill to raid, and doesn't have the time to put into it.
Don't take this wrong, as I'm not trying to put anyone down, but I'm not sure you and I are even playing the same game anymore, Skan. :wub: I mean, I understand your point, but, 25-man raiding is completely irrelevant to me anymore, except to point at the shinies that someone else has the time to get. There's a lot of other people out there that are in the same situation. To me, the new 25-man Sunwell is ho-hum, another instance I'll never see. To you, it's OMG new content. To you, the badge gear would be something you have to go out of your way to farm for. For me, Kara/ZA is still about as high as I get, *if I raid at all anymore*. I end up in a guild Kara run once in 3 weeks, about, usually, and I haven't actually been in ZA myself yet. So, as I said, we're not really playing the same game anymore.
--Mav