08-14-2006, 09:07 PM
Some of the later raid fights are very hard indeed. Some raid fights are very easy. Even the easy ones give better loot than the hardest 5-man content - no matter how skilled or dedicated a small group player is, they're never going to get anything even equal to tier 1 (by ilvl; some raid epics have poor enough stat distribution that lower lever items as as good). I have no objection to hard content giving better rewards than easy content; I object to easy content of one playstyle giving better rewards than hard content of another and to the lack of new content for other playstyles. (And no, buying icecream for an orphan isn't going to hold my attention for long. That it gets included as a entry in a list of the new non-raid content we've had since release shows how bad things have been.)
Hopefully, that will change with the expansion. If not, there are games coming that won't force raiding. It's inclusion in the game for those people that enjoy it is a good thing but those that don't shouldn't have to do it in order to be competitive in other parts of the game.
Hopefully, that will change with the expansion. If not, there are games coming that won't force raiding. It's inclusion in the game for those people that enjoy it is a good thing but those that don't shouldn't have to do it in order to be competitive in other parts of the game.