Mubrak Quote: Originally Posted by Exactly. And that would be a good thing.



Grinding cRank 300 and 248 gear *IS* a pointless activity. For PVE it's fine as the gear is only necessary for niche content, and the hardcore raiders can avoid the grind just by doing their favorite activity. PVP, on the other hand, stands and falls with the number of participants, and when PVP is gated behind a gear grind, those that just want to PVP do it elsewhere, making PVP less varied and fun for those who grit their teeth and did the grind.



Gear rating in PVP should either be capped at 230 rating or bolster should exceed the max rating.



Even when we had 250 bolster and the highest item rating was 242 there was still a noticeable difference between geared and under-geared players.



If you are going to push for bolster to be the "gearing" solution for pvp then you need to also push for bolster to be modified to work on armor rating and tertiary stats, and you also need to be okay with bolster being buggy when they introduce new tiers of gear (just adding 2410 augments re-introduced issues with wind crystal relics). Please stop propagating this concept that bolster is an acceptable substitute for gear.Even when we had 250 bolster and the highest item rating was 242 there was still a noticeable difference between geared and under-geared players.If you are going to push for bolster to be the "gearing" solution for pvp then you need to also push for bolster to be modified to work on armor rating and tertiary stats, and you also need to be okay with bolster being buggy when they introduce new tiers of gear (just adding 2410 augments re-introduced issues with wind crystal relics).