Originally Posted by
roboscorcher
OP is not the only one playing, bro. We all are. We're on a forum, let's discuss the game from our own perspectives.
The "implied function" of the vault is that you get more options. But if multiple slots have identical pieces in them, guess what, that's NOT another option.
I remember reading in a dev interview that they were reducing loot to emulate classic loot levels, where endgame 40man raiding gives the average player maybe 1 piece every 2 weeks, assuming he raids every week and isn't being funneled loot. What the devs forgot in this calculation was that classic gear is more meaningful, which makes them more desirable. Some weapons, tiersets, and trinkets are bis for the whole expansion. In retail, gear is purely stat sticks now. No set bonues, no weapon procs. The only interesting items are trinkets now.
And yes the great vault is meant to compensate for the lower drop rates. Maybe if gear was interesting, there'd be less complaints here. Right now, the big issue is duplicates, or near-duplicates.