How focused are you in getting the "best" gear flavor of the month or year or whatever

Megabear

And followed by resetting skills, CP and/or attributes

Stovahkiin

Not at all. I go where fate takes me (i.e. level alts, quest, role play, etc), and either it took me a LONG time to get reasonably good gear or it will be a while.

Couldn't care less

Megabear

Mostly not, but I do steer toward optimizing my character(s), eventually, I guess.

Currently I'm 100% not working toward gear, but I know that I will eventually so I voted the way I did accordingly.

Azyle1

I'm in the middle. While I'm not entirely focused on being overpowered, I do make sure at least half of my gameplay is toward reaching that "best" gear/build goal

Yeah, considering this is one of the most casual MMO's I'm somewhere between "Mostly not" and "In the middle".

Why do I HAVE to have BiS when I can have crappy gear and still pull good numbers because I'm not an idiot?

Well not crappy, but still.

Besides there aren't DPS meters anyways. No one has to know your DPS/Damage.

BlackSparrow

Not at all. I go where fate takes me (i.e. level alts, quest, role play, etc), and either it took me a LONG time to get reasonably good gear or it will be a while.

Played since launch... my main is still rocking found gear sets!

Lord_Kreegan

Not at all. I go where fate takes me (i.e. level alts, quest, role play, etc), and either it took me a LONG time to get reasonably good gear or it will be a while.

Absolutely, totally, and completely not at all...
Good grief. I play games for fun. It's not competition and any yahoo who thinks it is must be some extremely insecure, unaccomplished, numb-nuts without anything else to hang his/her hat on.
Seriously... is what you accomplish in an on-line game important? Is that all you have in your life?
Are you that pathetic?
Play the damn game for fun and enjoy it...

Graydon

Mostly not, but I do steer toward optimizing my character(s), eventually, I guess.

Seems like I read rage quit posts daily. Because their hopeful gear failed to drop.

Or how people describe gameplay as grinding. Who the heck finds that fun?

I mean unless the chick is naked and ready to go.

punishergod

Lord_Kreegan wrote: »

Absolutely, totally, and completely not at all...
Good grief. I play games for fun. It's not competition and any yahoo who thinks it is must be some extremely insecure, unaccomplished, numb-nuts without anything else to hang his/her hat on.
Seriously... is what you accomplish in an on-line game important? Is that all you have in your life?
Are you that pathetic?
Play the damn game for fun and enjoy it...

Lol, this is the most ignorant post I've ever read... well maybe I'm exaggerating, it definatly ranks up there though.. just wow

NewBlacksmurf

Mostly not, but I do steer toward optimizing my character(s), eventually, I guess.

I play this for fun....if I happen to get 3 pieces then maybe I'll work for 5 but not all that grind for best trait too.

Some things are obvious but it's not a grind at all for me. I tried grinding for exp and after doing it on two characters back when Vr14 was it....I thought WTH.

So I have about 4-6 at Vr10 and pushed to vr14 and now it's just enjoying the game
I also craft most my own stuff in max trait so I'm good

disintegr8

I don't like any of the options - too much commentary in them. I don't care about getting what others say is best gear and for some reason all of the response options imply that this has to be an end goal for everyone.

For me the game is about having fun and chasing whatever goal grabs my fancy on any given day or week. I don't want or need to be better that anyone else, don't care if I never complete VMA (800+ CP's and never even started it), don't care about becoming emperor, don't care about soloing vet dungeons, don't care if people kill me in PVP.

I am here to enjoy myself.

Tyrobag

I'm in the middle. While I'm not entirely focused on being overpowered, I do make sure at least half of my gameplay is toward reaching that "best" gear/build goal

Azyle1 wrote: »

Besides there aren't DPS meters anyways. No one has to know your DPS/Damage.

I was going to say you're clearly console... but you guys still have test dummies too. Most pve guilds require a dps test for trials and the like. So if you want to do all content then yes, people have to know your dps.

Azyle1

I'm in the middle. While I'm not entirely focused on being overpowered, I do make sure at least half of my gameplay is toward reaching that "best" gear/build goal

Tyrobag wrote: »

Azyle1 wrote: »

Besides there aren't DPS meters anyways. No one has to know your DPS/Damage.

I was going to say you're clearly console... but you guys still have test dummies too. Most pve guilds require a dps test for trials and the like. So if you want to do all content then yes, people have to know your dps.

Yes, on console no one knows your dps. I get what you are saying, but there are significant differences between standing on a dummy and putting it into action. You can tell people or screen shut dummy dps, but it doesn't always correlate.

Again. Casual game is casual. (This isn't a knock). Most content can be done with people that just need to have half a brain not because they have all the "magic" numbers.

TerraDewBerry

Not at all. I go where fate takes me (i.e. level alts, quest, role play, etc), and either it took me a LONG time to get reasonably good gear or it will be a while.

I don't typically do group content and as long as what I'm trying to kill eventually dies.. I'm ok with that.

Danksta

I'm in the middle. While I'm not entirely focused on being overpowered, I do make sure at least half of my gameplay is toward reaching that "best" gear/build goal

Lord_Kreegan wrote: »

Absolutely, totally, and completely not at all...
Good grief. I play games for fun. It's not competition and any yahoo who thinks it is must be some extremely insecure, unaccomplished, numb-nuts without anything else to hang his/her hat on.
Seriously... is what you accomplish in an on-line game important? Is that all you have in your life?
Are you that pathetic?
Play the damn game for fun and enjoy it...

You know some people find enjoyment in competition. It's the exact reason most people that like to play sports and aren't professional athletes, play sports. Now I agree it doesn't have to be a competition and I also agree that some people take it too seriously, but bashing competitive people just because you're not interested in it makes me ask myself, "Are you that pathetic?".

SirAndy

Mostly not, but I do steer toward optimizing my character(s), eventually, I guess.

I don't chase BiS.
You can get to 95% without much trouble and what i would consider "normal" game play.

Why spent 80% of my time trying to squeeze the last 5% of DPS out of my character when i can spent 100% of my time having fun instead?

Ilsabet

I'm in the middle. While I'm not entirely focused on being overpowered, I do make sure at least half of my gameplay is toward reaching that "best" gear/build goal

I went middle of the road, except that it doesn't take me half of my playing time to get good gear (or optimize skill builds or whatever) for my characters. I try to outfit my characters in gear that's considered top-tier (maybe not BiS but close enough), but my standards aren't so high that I need to kill myself trying to get the best trait or vMA weapons or whatnot. I'm happy enough to assemble a VO set via weekly trials with one of my guilds even if they're not all divines, and work out skill combos that do what I need to do without agonizing over the perfect rotation. At the same time, though, I do pay attention to what seems to be considered desirable gear, and if it's accessible to me, I'll try to use what I can get. In between questing, shopping, fishing, running around gathering stuff, playing interior decorator, crafting, and whatever else takes up 90% of my game time.

geonsocal

Mostly so, and while I do dedicate most of my time toward farming best gears I also like to mix things up a bit here and there.

pvp land has some tough inhabitants...

real important to maximize your gear/build as much as possible - otherwise you're simply fighting better versions of yourself all the time...

I've farmed a bunch of sets, have some crafted sets and pvp/tel var sets - mostly these days though I prefer to buy them...so much faster and easier...

emilyhyoyeon

Mostly not, but I do steer toward optimizing my character(s), eventually, I guess.

I like to make sure my stats are at least somewhat viable for pve/pvp

Delta1038

Mostly not, but I do steer toward optimizing my character(s), eventually, I guess.

I do not really care about getting the best gear, I do try to refine my build to be pretty good but I refuse to use those guides for min/max builds for dps and resource management or whatever. I am interested in first and foremost what fits my RP and what works well enough.

MLGProPlayer

I'm in the middle. While I'm not entirely focused on being overpowered, I do make sure at least half of my gameplay is toward reaching that "best" gear/build goal

I have to min/max in every game I play. I just can't enjoy myself otherwise.

Having said that, I'm also cognizant of the near impossibility of acquiring some items (like sharpened vMA staves, sharpened dungeon/trial weapons, etc.) so I don't stress too much over not having the absolute best gear. If I need to spend hundreds of hours every week playing the same content to get a small stat boost, I will forego the grind. I will settle for the next best set combination. Grinds I'm fine with are dungeon/trial body pieces, monster masks, overland sets (you're grinding the actual gear or the gold to buy them). They can take a few dozen hours to complete, but I'm with that. A few hundred (or even a few thousand) hours of grinding I'm not fine with.

Tasear

All of my focus rests on being best of the best, bishes. Who's your DADDY!

haha this answer made me smirk. Really though it's about testing theroies.

MarrazzMist

Mostly not, but I do steer toward optimizing my character(s), eventually, I guess.

Good poll option, Megabear

Betsararie

Lord_Kreegan wrote: »

Absolutely, totally, and completely not at all...
Good grief. I play games for fun. It's not competition and any yahoo who thinks it is must be some extremely insecure, unaccomplished, numb-nuts without anything else to hang his/her hat on.
Seriously... is what you accomplish in an on-line game important? Is that all you have in your life?
Are you that pathetic?
Play the damn game for fun and enjoy it...

@Lord_Kreegan

You sound soooo ignorant bro...

Some people's idea of fun in a game is to acquire better gear, builds etc.

It's not just for e peen my bro...

In all honesty this is one of the most ignorant things I've read on the internet at least in the past year...

Truly spoken like someone who cannot comprehend games even as complicated as this.

Congrats, you've made an ass out of yourself....

blacksghost

Mostly not, but I do steer toward optimizing my character(s), eventually, I guess.

Can't keep track of what the latest best is meant to be half the time.

Megabear

Mostly not, but I do steer toward optimizing my character(s), eventually, I guess.

MarrazzMist wrote: »

Good poll option, Megabear

Thank you

Bouldercleave

Not at all. I go where fate takes me (i.e. level alts, quest, role play, etc), and either it took me a LONG time to get reasonably good gear or it will be a while.

I have survived since launch and will continue to survive in only crafted or found gear.

I do not buy into the grind and will personally not participate in doing the same content over and over simply to best the hardest boss in this game - the RNG.

BossXV

All of my focus rests on being best of the best, bishes. Who's your DADDY!

BWA HAHAHA! POWER POWER! DESTROY NOOBS (random ego trip quote)

Uncle_Sweetshare

Mostly so, and while I do dedicate most of my time toward farming best gears I also like to mix things up a bit here and there.

Wow. I really did not expect these poll results. I figured the casual portion of the playerbase was much smaller... That explains why they couldn't give a skeever's arse about fixing Battlegrounds, or the group finder, or vet trials for console players. Even if the entire 'hardcore' playerbase quit, that would still leave over 80% of the players to keep feeding them money.

It all makes sense now. It's a very scumbag business model, but it makes sense.

(I realize the poll isn't a representation of the entire playerbase, but it still gives insight as to why so many issues are being ignored)

max_only

Mostly not, but I do steer toward optimizing my character(s), eventually, I guess.

I try to make sure I have good (highly requested) skills and optimal cp, but I don't change it very often (huge game updates excepted). I upgrade the armor I get. I usually use crafted or BOE sets. I will never change my race to min max or run the OP class of the patch just because. I like my characters and if one patch they happen to be on top, so be it.

What I don't do is grind dungeons over and over and over and over and over for the perfect item. If I run a dungeon I save the good pieces in case I run it on my alt and can complete the set. Then I fill in the other pieces with crafted or purchasable options.

MLGProPlayer

I'm in the middle. While I'm not entirely focused on being overpowered, I do make sure at least half of my gameplay is toward reaching that "best" gear/build goal

Lord_Kreegan wrote: »

Absolutely, totally, and completely not at all...
Good grief. I play games for fun. It's not competition and any yahoo who thinks it is must be some extremely insecure, unaccomplished, numb-nuts without anything else to hang his/her hat on.
Seriously... is what you accomplish in an on-line game important? Is that all you have in your life?
Are you that pathetic?
Play the damn game for fun and enjoy it...

On the contrary, you sound like the insecure one.

Some people are competitive by nature. Other people are passive. Everyone is different.

FearlessOne_2014

I'm in the middle. While I'm not entirely focused on being overpowered, I do make sure at least half of my gameplay is toward reaching that "best" gear/build goal

Can't compete outside of the zerg pile without speading some time getting BIS gear.