Guild Wars 2

So a game I played along time ago avoided this problem but no games since have. What is the effect i’m talking about? its your character being more effective the level they get to use that gear and becoming much less effective during the levels in between until they can use the next level of those items.

example lvl 35 (green) dagger. very effective at level 35 against lvl 35 monsters. now at lvl 36 your less effective against lvl 36 monsters, more so at 37,38, and 39. now at level 40 it can be replaced.

Now one could say well you could get a loot drop item of each level so your always at your max effectiveness each level but that would be very hard to do each level.

Now the way i wish it worked like in a un named previous game was gear pieces had levels that it stayed with YOUR effectiveness. Example a dagger that had a level range 35-40, could start using it at 35 and got the stats and effectiveness of level 35 but when you hit level 36 the dagger gave you level 36 stats and effctivness. it worked liek this and topped out at 40.

this system worked very well, you were always at your max effctivness. when an item was close to top level you knew you had to find a higher level replacement. and one was always available threw crafting. this way when u leveld you were always more effective. in GW2 you level up but you actually lose effectiveness like chance to crit and so on.

In a true ‘skill based’ game, there would only be one of each item. Granted it might take you a while of adventuring to fight your way from a knife to a sword – but once you had one you were set until such time you’d adventured far enough to find a GS or a LB. By the end of the game you’d have one of each weapon that your class could wield.

While you can often get in-between drops on gear, most of it that can be had from vendors are every 5 or 10 levels. A level 20 Green is still better than a level 25 white.

Most of the ‘hearts’ NPC’s turn into Karma vendors which sell Blue/Green gear that are good for 5-10 levels before replacing.