I dont like it and i dont hate it. It is more decon xp and gold.

I think the OP made a mistake when adding the poll, hence I am not going to pick one of the options - the white gear from containers is different to white gear from enemies.

From an enemy - perfectly good for deconstructing or selling.
Like.

From a container - this is just the same as the stuff you can pick up in Bethesda games. It's actually useful at low levels when you have unused armour slots, otherwise it is just 'colour'. You need to pause to consider whether it is worth carrying (exactly the same as other elder scrolls games). The 'pick up everything' approach has always led to inventory issues.
Like is a strong word ... I don't dislike it, it's there for a reason (to test your impulse control maybe !)

Blade_07 wrote: »

No, I'm talking about both types of white gear. For me they are both worthless and I hate getting white armor/weapons drop from mobs. ...

No idea why, when they come from mobs you can decon them or sell them, or even sometimes get traits from them.

Azzuria wrote: »

Meh. Haven't made a new toon since they implimented it but would imagine that, coming out of Coldharbour, that white gear would be quite handy right off.

Even green level 40s are better than white VR 1 worthless junk.

Meh mod I use just deletes them

Depends what you mean by white gear. If you mean the horrible 0 gold white weapons and armour from backpacks and laying around the world I hate them as they are worthless. But love the white items with value that you can sell or deconstruct or upgrade if you want.

WyndStryke wrote: »

Pele wrote: »

Azzuria wrote: »

Meh. Haven't made a new toon since they implimented it but would imagine that, coming out of Coldharbour, that white gear would be quite handy right off.

Even green level 40s are better than white VR 1 worthless junk.

@Azzuria was talking about new characters escaping from coldharbour for the first time, who usually only have a few pieces of armour with most of the slots empty. To those people, the free armour is useful.

Ah, in that case, it is indeed better than the Soul Shriven rags.

I love this addition to the game for a few reasons:

1. Its a small feature that helps this game feel more like an Elder Scrolls game.
2. These items ARE useful. They can be broken down at crafting stations or simply improved upon.

Why are these things important?

This game isn't your normal MMO and can not be treated that way. This is an Elder Scrolls game first, and an MMO second.

Why? Simply put, because you can make anything an MMO but for it to feel like the series it derives its name from, you need to put certain mechanics in the world to flesh out that feeling for the player.

Small things make a game an "Elder Scrolls" title. One of these small, but very important features is an highly interactive environment. Couple that along with the feeling of total freedom to either discard, use, upgrade or break down the item into its basic parts, only to turn around around use that raw material to make a better piece of gear, is an extremely rewarding and very "Elder Scrolls" feature to this MMO.

I would think that the concept was that you get gear that cant inflate the gold supply but could be used for crafting skillups. But they nerfed decon on it too much.
edit: that said, if they made it good for decon Id change my vote.
edit2: and yea Im talking about the stuff with no sell value. Regular whites are great as cash vendor trash.

At the end of every night of raiding/questing I would go into the clothier/armorer in Vulkhel Guard and strip them of every piece of it. Wasn't but a short week and I finished leveling both clothing and blacksmithing without crafting a single piece of gear. Not every piece you find is worthless. Several times I pulled greens off the mannequins. Damn Imperial luck!!

It can sometimes be researched.

I actually don't care one way or another. As a newly hatched vestige it is undoubtedly useful but the other option said I could care less and that means that I could care more and I couldn't so you should have said I couldn't care less. There's a Weird Al youtube video going around that touches on that point briefly.

The white gear can still provide resources.
The zero-value stuff put in recently is a waste of my time.
Don't see the point in it.
As if someone is questing without a weapon or clothing?

Lunerdog wrote: »

It's just a nuisance for me, if it's filling my pack then it needs to have resale value.

So don't pick it up?