Very small but positive change. LOL... I find the notion that this is an addition that would cause someone to quit the game completely laughable. Sorry, but I don't think Bliz is going to stop a feature because one guy unsubbed. May your attempt to quit in self-righteous indignation succeed.
i completely understand what this change is.......and as a 10 man raiders i feel like i am getting shafted....sorry , you dont have to agree
blizz is sticking it to 10 man raiding guilds.............
Honestly I don't. I don't raid for gear. I raid to beat the encounters. Loot is just a bonus to me. I honestly wouldn't care if they offered better gear all around for 25s. I'm just saying any bonus to 25s should be done in game from guild leaders not by Blizzard since it is a personal choice what size you want to run.
It is about time they rewarded us 25 man guilds. It is so easy to run a 10 man guild compared to a 25 man guild.
Difficult to find 25-man teams these days. Hopefully this change is the boost to help people who want to 25-man raid find more like-minded players without it being too heavy-handed of a change that drags down those who enjoy 10-man raiding. Everyone gets the same items... just slight % chance on drop difference. *shrug*
The only reason people prefer to do 10 man raids is because it is easier than 25 man raids. Please don't deny that because its true. Blizzard took away all incentive to run 25 man with cataclysm making 10 and 25 drop the same gear.
That good enough of an explanation for you?
I read through the news thread this morning and saw:
- quite a few 10-man supporters thought they were being thrown to the curb.
- quite a few 25-man supporters thought it wouldn't make any difference at all and was insulting.
So I'd say Blizzard got it just about right. It's called a compromise and extremists on either side of any question will never be satisfied with it. The less happy people are, the better compromise it usually is.
"...money's most powerful ability is to allow bad people to continue doing bad things at the expense of those who don't have it."
You've achieved your goal now. Like you knew you would.
The thread has been derailed into a 10 vs 25 debate full of baseless opinions stated as fact.
Surely the OP would want the discussion back on track, rather than baiting further irrelevant responses if discussion of the topic was what OP actually hoped to achieve?
I don't see this changing much - 25mans already had gear advantage due to less loot being disenchanted bacause nobody could use it (as it happens frequently in 10mans).
I'd love to see them eventually move to a scaling raid system where you can have any number of people (within reason) and it would adjust difficulty and drops as needed. This way you wouldn't have to leave behind that 11th raider, etc.
I definitely understand where you're coming from. Unfortunately that hasn't been Blizz's philosophy as of late. Recently Blizz has been more about incentivizing players to do things they generally would avoid.
All I was trying to say was that if the floor for gear in 5.2 is 502 item level (from lfr) then a 6 point item difference is literally nothing (approximately 1% better). If players are getting angry about a slightly better chance for barely an upgrade, remember it really doesn't matter.