Stastical Imbalance

[Lissa]

I don't have anything to add except to say that this problem of gear upgrades being far more beneficial to melee types than caster types extends beyond WoW and into just about every game I have ever played.

Think "naked mage" vs "naked warrior" from D1 and consider which classes stand to lose the most if stripped naked and weaponless in WoW.  World of Roguecraft aside, I think non-casters need their equipment more than casters do.

I know I'm dodging some of the other issues attached to this, but this post isn't meant to assert any view, just to help bring a little more perspective to the issue?

I'm really not sure how I feel about this.  I play mage types in almost every game, and I've grown used to it.
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Problem is, when going from blue to purple to orange, non-Casters gain great benefits, Casters gain little to none because of the point based system that Blizzard uses when creating items. Those items that would help Casters greatly are highly expensive so we see very little boost from on tier up to the next while for non-Casters, general statistics with liberal bonuses like +crit or +dodge, gain great benefits in their power. The problem is non-Casters continue to rise linearly (or close to it) in power while Casters tend to have a very gentle slope of increasing power with items. This is the problem of why Casters are statistically imbalanced compared to the non-Casters due to what the physical attributes give compared to the mental attributes.