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no it just measured ilvl not if someone can play or not
At the time it came it out, it was bullshit for a lot of specs. I remember playing a disc priest and having stat priorities + shitty loot tables that OFTEN caused lower ilvl gear to be straight up better. Itemization has come a long way since then.
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"Minimum AP/SP required" predated gearscore, which was horrendously worse as every class had different standards for how much attack power or spell power they had. The alternative to that was bringing every pug to the capital bank to inspect every peice of gear one at a time.
I got a pro tip for you. You are the only one who thinks there's any relationship between AP/SP; Gearscore; iLvl and player skill. Those of us who use those indicators understand it only does one simple thing. It tells you a base level for the pug's gear.
Also, I got another pro tip for you. Making every pug come to Dal bank so you can inspect them one at a time doesn't tell you how well the player plays his toon either.
betcha didn't know that.
turns out the only way to know how well a pug plays a toon is to play with said pug.
Yeah, that makes perfect sense. Grab 24 strangers, and train them for hundreds of hours, so you can complete a one hour run.
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People who want a challenge join a guild. People who pug are looking for a quick run. I don't expect a challenge when I pour a bowl of cereal in the morning, but I expect and look forward to a challenge if I'm preparing a 5 course dinner.
Does that make sense? Trying to figure the best way to word it. For certain things I do I really look forward to a challenge, but other times, it's other things I'm looking for and not a challenge.
I've never sat down on the couch looking for a challenge to watch TV. As a matter of fact, when watching TV is a challenge (probably nothing good on), it gets a bit frustrating.
Not everything in life needs to be a challenge.
I think that was working similary like today group finder Ilv tool.Have no memories do its track overall Ilv or equiped one but i`m sure that does not track any other stats
But evewn if not when you see someone on 6900 GS then you are sure because the dude most likely wear almost top Heroic ICC gear
It's a scourge upon Azeroth, just like ilevel Is. I never liked any of these Implemented and used, gearscore was never used by me either even If I was scolded for It. The reason Is simple, people get twitchy and tryhardy over you not having that 3 ilevel that probably could've killed the boss and not wiped the group, or similar excuses and arguments made... It shouldn't matter on your ilevel by a few numbers. What -should- matter Is knowing the boss tactics well and executing your roll In that boss fight accordingly and well enough to take down the boss, despite your weaker gear status.
I wish ilevel was completely removed, I heavily doubt they will but hey I can hope for a better WoW can't I. Obviously gear -matters- but when your group members start nitpicking on your gear and how It's a few ilevels weaker, or how you performed badly Instead of looking for faults In their own tactics and gear I cringe and feel WoW is doomed with players like that now being majority on WoW ever since Cataclysm and partly Wrath cause of Gearscore.
So It's a horrible thing that I wish was never thought of, It wasn't useful, only for the tryhards.
Permabanned on WoW since April 14th 2015, main acc I had since vanilla gone and trashed for no good reason, 6+ years later still banned with more appeals resulting in my BATTLENET games being suspended for a month eachtime I try making TICKETS because I'm asking for help with the perma ban. Blizzard has stopped caring for their first veteran players and would rather we leave, considering the Lawsuit, can you afford to keep peps banned even for so long under questionable circumstances?