05-22-2012, 07:41 AM
I've been wondering if it is a disservice to play with people who are experiencing Normal for the first time. Since I'm in Nightmare all my younger toons tend to have gear handed down and sometimes even big gems and they just feel really overpowered. I'm feeling like I should avoid playing with people who are doing their first trip through so that they get a more honest experience. I'm curious what others think about such.
I realize I could try to avoid using gems and handed down gear, but that isn't always completely easy. Like often I'd have a character I have already been playing and so using such since it was just me. Then I'll see somebody else is in the same level range on their first play through. I'd like to play with them, but yet I feel like I'd be taking something away from them. I suppose what I need to do is play characters who don't use the stash at all for hand me down stuff. That is part of the point of the shared stash though.
I really wonder if gems don't trivialize early content. I'm undecided if that is good or bad. Early content is pretty easy anyway that gems could just speed it up for people making new characters. Yet it still somehow does seem bad too.
I realize I could try to avoid using gems and handed down gear, but that isn't always completely easy. Like often I'd have a character I have already been playing and so using such since it was just me. Then I'll see somebody else is in the same level range on their first play through. I'd like to play with them, but yet I feel like I'd be taking something away from them. I suppose what I need to do is play characters who don't use the stash at all for hand me down stuff. That is part of the point of the shared stash though.
I really wonder if gems don't trivialize early content. I'm undecided if that is good or bad. Early content is pretty easy anyway that gems could just speed it up for people making new characters. Yet it still somehow does seem bad too.