Quote (HoR_Rahl @ 8 Feb 2011 16:26)
I disagree, the drop rate is far too high for groups, and far too low for solo. It needs to be balanced. If no one is in range, it's pointless to solo since you cannot find high lvl items and it takes forever. Also, all the newbs that started before this patch did just fine. Hell, the best geared players in the game started out with nothing and built up from there. The current problems with economy are that high end gear is no longer wanted. Low-mid grade gear is well suited to complete any quest in the game. Where before if you wanted to complete all the quests, you needed high end gear. So why spend lot's of fg when it's no longer needed? So now when the noob finds something really good...he can't sell it because nobody wants to spend fg on it.
If you need proof of my last "point" check the trading forum, it's dead. Lot's of people trying to sell gear, almost no one buying.
I agree that solo is extremely difficult to level in, and the drops are pretty stinky with fewer people.
On the other point, I'm still buying.
The upgrading of my sword set has commenced, and I've purchased 3 new swords in the past month. I'm iso a new 25 sword right now, and then comes the big one: a new MQ sword with over 235ee, IF I can find someone willing to sell. I've also purchased more strength armors, as well as other random gear. I always buy glyphs, but most don't consider glyphs as gear.
My point is that there are buyers out there, even if we don't really need better gear to MQ or well. The time may come when that changes, and if it does, I want to be as ready as I can be without knowing what changes may be introduced. I don't want to be part of another mad scramble for different gear like when ratios were introduced, but who knows, anything is possible. Even with the uncertainty, I'm actually kind of excited to see what 1.21 has to offer.