oldmandennis,Apr 22 2006, 08:23 AM Wrote:I keep addressing it. I gave you a list of 14 or so items you could obtain that you wouldn't feel embarased facing Nef in.
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Many of which were surplus raid items. Equipping someone else's castoffs has never brought me much pride in achievement.
The gap from a late blue to a non-raid epic is bigger than that from the non-raid epic to an early raid epic, but the latter gap does still exist and there are many, many more raid epics available. I know I replaced many of my 'best non raid items' fairly quickly once I began raiding regularly. Replacing the Belt of the Archmage with a Mana Igniting Cord, for instance. And no, this wasn't riding the coattails of an established raid guild.
*shrugs* Neither side of this argument is likely to convince the other. Personally I don't think "that's just as good as my stuff, but it's a hard quest and I enjoy raiding more - maybe I'll get it on my alt" level gear would harm the game. Currently the best raid gear is around twenty item levels ahead of the best non-raid gear and it'll get further ahead when Naxx is released. Presuming appropriately difficult (MC difficulty for MC rewards, BWL difficulty for BWL rewards, etc) content existed, where do you raiders think small group, pvp or mixed-style players should cap out at?