Didn't have to go very deep to find an answer that I agree with! About the only activity that isn't aided by item level/gear power would be a pet battle. That is assuming that you don't have to defeat any mobs around that battle. Item level is judging a book by its cover and in this game we are all judged by our covers (gear displayed).
This is a terrible take. I'm better at wow than you so I deserve better gear, atleast proportionate to the difference in skill.
Why do I want high ilvl? Frankly, because I want to be able to do more dps than you at any point in every aspect of the game. I want you to see my DPS and either get discouraged so badly by the disparity that you stop dosing, or that you get encouraged to reach real heights.
People like to feel stronger. Being stronger lets you do harder content sure but it also lets you do easier content faster. And WoW has very much become a "how fast can I do X thing for Y reward". Some of that has always been there sure ever since even BC and badge runs but it has been compounded by mythic+ for sure.
I gave my 2 cents why I personally care about ilvl whether I'm doing higher skill content or not.
Whatever you think I was implying with the initial comment, you got it wrong.
What was said by me that led you to believe I possibly didn't know this? I mean you even mentioned group progression from earlier...yes people need to know what to do in raids. Duh?
Never said anything to contrary. What are you even trying to convince me of lol
No, what is stupid, is flogging this dead horse - it is none of your business what other people might find enjoyable or worth striving for with their game time. It is not for you to belittle it, to demean it or to suggest that your reasoning should hold any weight over them. Different people take massive online game and enjoy it for different reasons in different ways - how dare they?! Play the game your way and leave others to do the same without questioning every little thing!!
If you are a heroic raider then no amount of ilevel is going to level the gap between those of a higher skill level.
I think it’s an unhealthy mindset being obsessed with a higher ilevel when you literally don’t need it, obsessed to a point where you perceive your game experience to be damaged because of it.
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If people didn’t complain endlessly then I wouldn’t wonder why, but the fact that people believe their game experience is negatively impacted by them not having 220+ ilevel when they don’t need it for the content it is intended for, is IMO an unhealthy way to view the game and how you navigate yourself within it.
Once again the irony is so thick you can't suck it through a straw...
It's a incredibly unhealthy mindset to be obsessed over other people wanting better things...even unhealthier so that you can't understand people want to be stronger? Doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that...
If their opinions are so horrible and not worth anything, let alone your time, then why do you respond to them? Why is it your business if he wastes his time or judges people unnecessarily harshly? This isn't who leads your country for the next term length, it's a highly optional video game.
(One could ask me why I made this post, and the answer wouldn't be any different than the real reason he posted and you did as well: because we wanted to, something about the other person irked us, and us being humans seek validation of our position, so we post in the hope that someone will agree with us and make us feel like the other guy is wrong and we're right. Validation. Plus he's asking for someone to explain why people do a specific seemingly nonsensical thing - ask for 226 from pet battles and WQs.)
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Many Multitudes Online Constantly Harping About Minor Problems
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https://wow.allakhazam.com/wiki/Item...Formulas_(WoW)
It was always there. And as the link states people came up with this back in early 2006. Information/security through obscurity is never a reasonable design for curious members in the community. They’ll usually end up finding out info you didn’t want people to see. Blizz did the right thing by ripping off the blindfold with patch 3.2 for item level info in tooltip.
I just took the Simmed DPS of someone at ilvl 200 and someone at ilvl219 and used that, which was a 25% increase. But this was just based on simmed dps/not looking at spec (was 1 aoe and 1 single target specced, etc)
Anyways, it's like 4x as much benefit from 200-220 as 180-200. That's a huge problem, either way. The scaling is whack. Especially for a -within the same tier- scale.
I am beginning to think you are simply trolling. You do not need many things yet you still want them and even have tons of them, then you have bad life experience because of it. Car example was actually perfect, and you basically offended yourself.
There is just no way sane person would have such ridiculous take.
Tbh, this is probally the stupiedest treads ever made on MMOC..OP most be trolling OR a single digit IQ..
Ilvl is the number of progression. That's it. It shows you what.....well not gonna clearify it more..goddamm trolls..
Who said anything about not being worth my time? OP's position is a toxic one - it equates that that people shouldn't get to choose how to spend their time, in a way that does not adversely affect the OP or others in any way, because the OP doesn't believe that their choice or desire holds any merit. It's effect is to demean people who think differently (even if that is somehow not the intention) and rally others to that cause. I think that is worth a response, I don't know about you...
And for the record, I am not seeking validation - my "real reasons" are not yours to assume! I am merely stating my point. If others disagree, then bravo for exercising your right as a free-thinking individual to have a different opinion!! Congratulations for not being a sheep - have a medal!
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