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Originally Posted by Sid Soggybottom
Dude, you completely missed the point of my analogy and instead used some crummy analogy in which it's whole basis is on being superficial. The whole inscription system has very little with "designer" stuff. There is no such thing as "designer" weapons except to people like you who play the game strictly for it's "uber" looking items.
It's just laughable that you fight to keep your "designer" labels and not care about improving the system on the whole. I'm just glad that ANET is moving in the direction of implementing inscriptions in future Chapters as well.
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So the more desirable weapons which one would think are better looking are not desirable for superficial reasons? People sure as hell dont pay more for a weapon because it is better stat wise. The only time they do is in the case of nerfed items. However, we are not referring to them. A 15>50 short sword / spartha etc is as good as a 15>50 fellblade, crystalline etc. The only reason people pay more for items is because they are rare or good looking. There are infact "designer weapons" which demand the prices they do because they are more exclusive or in some people's opinions better looking. These items are known as high-end items which are relatively exclusive just like designer clothes. To argue that there are no designer or high end or upmarket items is baffling considering people pay 100k +1750 Ectos for Req 8 15>50 Crystalline swords.
If people played the game and did not care about looks they would all be content with collectors item and greens. However, it appears some support the idea of inscriptions so they can get their favourite skinned items quickly and cheaply. Therefore they care about an items appearance. So therefore it would seem that inscriptions allow people to obtain their favourite skinned items with relative ease. The addition of inscriptions therefore has everything to do with designer/vanity/high-end/upmarket items. The only time this might not apply is in the case of +10al shields and caster items. But if the addition of inscriptions was not for vanity reasons you would think it would be easier to add a few more collectors items to cover the missing +10al shields and caster collectors items.
Since when have I said that I play the game for the best items only? In the 1500 hours I have logged in the 1 year + I have played I have spent very few hours attempting to make any gold and is one of my arguments why wealth does not equal grind. However, people are so unbelievably ignorant and assume that anyone who has any form of wealth must grind for it.
I dont have a problem with inscritpions if an item says it has one added. I would however care if they did not and would mean thousands of people have wasted their time in aquiring items which could be obtained quickly and cheaply through inscriptions.