When The Dark Below was released, lots of people were very upset about how levels were handled. Specifically, the fact that vendor gear was higher level than Vault of Glass gear made the VoG somewhat obsolete. What I wonder, though, is just how people think the levels should be handled when House of Wolves is released. Pretty much every way of doing it that I've thought of has some reason why it's not a good way to do it. Explanations of the options in the poll are as follows:
[b]Status Quo:[/b]
[i]VoG 30, CE 32, Vend 33, HoW 34, NF 32. Weekly 32, Daily 32[/i]
This is essentially how things were done with TDB. Existing raids are locked in time, and everything else gets bumped up by 2 levels. Problem is that this makes the old raids obsolete pretty quickly, and the VoG will be very behind the times.
[b]Raid Progression:[/b]
[i]VoG 30, Vend 31, CE 32, HoW 34, NF 32, Weekly 32, Daily 32[/i]
This makes a progression of raids. You need to do CE to get to level 32 before you can do HoW to get to higher levels. Problem is that it makes raiding (the most difficult and time-consuming end-game activity) a prerequisite to doing any other end-game activity.
[b]Tiered Raids:[/b]
[i]Vend 31. VoG 32, CE 32, HoW 34, NF 32, Weekly 32, Daily 30[/i]
This makes two tiers of raids: new raid vs old raids. VoG is brought up to be equal with CE, while the HoW is still the only way to reach highest level. Daily is kept at a level able to be handled with vendor gear, so that people who don't raid can still at least get ascendant materials to upgrade their vendor gear with. Raiding is still a prerequisite to do the nightfall or the highest level weekly.
[b]Tiered Raids Low:[/b]
[i]Vend 31. VoG 32, CE 32, HoW 34, NF 30, Weekly 30, Daily 30[/i]
Similar to the Tiered Raids option, but keeping the nightfall and weekly at a level where they can be handled with vendor gear, not requiring raiding. Problem is that the nightfall becomes way too easy for a level 34 guardian.
[b]Tiered Status Quo:[/b]
[i]VoG 32, CE 32, Vend 33, HoW 34, NF 32, Weekly 32, Daily 32[/i]
A cross between the Status Quo and Tiered Raids options. This still makes the old raids obsolete, but at least the VoG doesn't become even more obsolete than it already is.
If you vote other, please include your suggestion in the comments.
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1 ReplyVog,CE,Vendor all 32. HoW 34.NF 32, Daily 32