I make no claim to pvp l337d0m...i'm average at best despite working at it for many years
And so i'm confused. If you profess to be of the pvp bent, why would you not want the gear mechanics to work correctly. I mean do we seriously want to play a game where you have to grind an ability from 25-70+ before you see any benefit from the equipment you make? I know i wont, and i'm pretty sure the folks i'm with wouldnt either...yeah i know, good riddance...but thats $150/month gone poof.
I know, not a lot of money in grand scheme of things, but, when you mulitply that by 10, 20, 100, you do start to see real funds and it does start to matter...and if we don't get the broken mechanics fixed asap I have a feeling you will see a pretty large exodos from the world in 2 months.