Raiding is pointless right now.

[Littleburst]

One of the strengths of World of Warcraft, compared to the previous king - Everquest, is the gear reset with each expansion.

I remember playing EQ, and in expansion three, some of the best in slot pieces were from classic content - maybe a piece per toon. Maybe 35-50% of your gear, would be best in slot from expansion two, with the other half of the gear upgraded in expansion three. The level of upgrades to gear was much more gradual. A player new to the game... well fresh to maximum level let's say, would probably need to raid for a year and a half with a given guild to catch them on gear (this with expansions every 6-9 months).

Warcraft essentially says, everything before now (current expansion content) is meaningless, except for tactics in encounters - things like, this fight is just like abc except for def. You can start the game sometime in Cataclysm, reach 85th within a few months, and basically be on equal footing a player who in WotLK was in the top guild in the game, or close enough anyway.

The gear reset is good for the casual player.

Indeed, now only give us a way to close the massive gap called 'leveling toons' >.>

I really hope there's gonna a permenant raf or so, just something to make the horrible grind a faster. (especially for players who's done the grind several times.)

[OzPhoenix]

Indeed, now only give us a way to close the massive gap called 'leveling toons' >.>

I really hope there's gonna a permenant raf or so, just something to make the horrible grind a faster. (especially for players who's done the grind several times.)

Yeah, I think that's far more important that a gear reset. For myself, my new team just hit 70 tonight, so I suspect I'll still be gearing up by the time Cata comes out - that's fine, I enjoy gearing up, even if I'm going to toss it right out for the very first Cata-green drop I might get.

The bigger issue is leveling. If leveling in Cata is anything like as tedious as it is in Northrend, then I can see an expiry date for me and WoW since I could do that leveling grind just once more - and that covers my primary team only, leaving no options for alternate teams.

Hint to Blizzard: Stop making collection quests single player drop. MMO's shouldn't discourage group leveling.

[Myc]

MMO's shouldn't discourage group leveling.

lets hope this guild leveling will do something right.