What's the point of doing instances at low level and at 80 over and over, if gear doesn't matter?

Because it's supposed to be fun not a job.

Originally posted by GosuRusha510

What's the point of doing instances at low level and at 80 over and over, if gear doesn't matter?

To have fun and get shinny gear.

What's the point of playing any video game if gear doesn't matter?

How is that fun? with no rewards?....what ever happen to risk and reward?

Originally posted by GosuRusha510

What's the point of doing instances at low level and at 80 over and over, if gear doesn't matter?

gear matters to me.  i have put many many hours into trying to find that "perfect look" for my character and then many many more gathering items for alternate outfits i like.

if you don't enjoy playing the game or gathering cosmetic gear then you may just not like the game!  but gear matters, just not to you maybe.

Originally posted by GosuRusha510

What's the point of doing instances at low level and at 80 over and over, if gear doesn't matter?

To have fun. Its as simple as that. They realise not everyone has fun unless there is a shiney reward at the end and they dont care. If the game is well done and well developed alot of people will have fun. Not everyone will though and thats fine. The carrot on a stick gear grinds are all over the place. Not every game has to have it.

Originally posted by GosuRusha510

How is that fun? with no rewards?....what ever happen to risk and reward?

You get points to purchase cool looking gear, the whole motivation is for people to have fun not  grind out the dungeons over and over just too be disappointed that you didnt get the gear piece you wanted.

Originally posted by GosuRusha510

What's the point of doing instances at low level and at 80 over and over, if gear doesn't matter?

What's the point of playing video games over and over if none of your in-game accomplishments matter in real life?

So your telling I can take my lvl 1 gear to 80 and not change a thing? How does that make sense? Enlighten me please.

Originally posted by GosuRusha510

How is that fun? with no rewards?....what ever happen to risk and reward?

to this i would say there is reward, just not the +1 to stats reward you are focusing on.

there are more things in heaven and earth, GosuRusha510, than are dreamt of in your philosophy!

Originally posted by GosuRusha510

How is that fun? with no rewards?....what ever happen to risk and reward?

Its hard to explain to someone who grew up in a generation where everything has to be rewarded. I'm not tryin to be an ass its just the truth. When you grow up in an era where graduating pre-school requires a celebration you simply wont understand how someone can just do something and think its fun without getting a reward at the end. To some of us if its fun doing it the "reward" the the accomplishment of doing it in the first place.

That and like others have said. Looking badass is something. I mean even in WOW no one really cares what your stats are. They can tell how "powerfull" you are by the way you LOOK.

A neat trick would have the dungeons differ each time a player goes inside. That way it's not the same instance they just completed 15 minutes or so ago.

Originally posted by xenogias

Originally posted by GosuRusha510

How is that fun? with no rewards?....what ever happen to risk and reward?

Its hard to explain to someone who grew up in a generation where everything has to be rewarded. I'm not tryin to be an ass its just the truth. When you grow up in an era where graduating pre-school requires a celebration you simply wont understand how someone can just do something and think its fun without getting a reward at the end. To some of us if its fun doing it the "reward" the the accomplishment of doing it in the first place.

That and like others have said. Looking badass is something. I mean even in WOW no one really cares what your stats are. They can tell how "powerfull" you are by the way you LOOK.

That makese sense, Thanks

Originally posted by GosuRusha510

So your telling I can take my lvl 1 gear to 80 and not change a thing? How does that make sense? Enlighten me please.

No, gear DOES make a diffrence. But its not such a huge gap as people are used to. At endgame its not a treadmill as in "I need tier1 to have a chance in tier2". Its "Ok I got some level 80 gear, now I can do everything my skill allows me to do. Now to work on looking badass."

Sure if you have basic level 80 gear and the other person has legendary 80 gear they are going to be slightly more powerfull than you. But not so much that you would stand no chance against them.

You will probably get loadsamoney and neat looking armor. Also you can salvage armor for supplies and make armor upgrades.

Originally posted by GosuRusha510

So your telling I can take my lvl 1 gear to 80 and not change a thing? How does that make sense? Enlighten me please.

OK, lemme try to clear some things up for you.

1) You can go to any zone or dungeon your level or lower and gain meaningful xp, gold, and loot. That means you can go help a friend roll a new toon, explore zone starter zone you've never been to before, get exploration achievements...and still get something meaningful out of it. 

2) While gear doesn't OWN the game like in WoW, starts do still mean something. You won't take the same gear with you from 1-80. But if you find designs you like you CAN transmute them, similar to how wow does it. The main reason to run dungeons, especially at max level, is to obtain these special designed cosmetic armors for transmuting.

3) Even after cap you raise xp. When you would "level" (e.g. when you would in theory hit 81), your bar resets, and you gain a skill point. These can be used to buy skills, or to fund other cool things like help making very very rare pieces of gear (again, mostly cosmetic, not for stats). So even getting xp matters at max level.

Did that help any?

Originally posted by BrainDeadG

A neat trick would have the dungeons differ each time a player goes inside. That way it's not the same instance they just completed 15 minutes or so ago.

Sorry for the double post, but had to comment.

This is somewhat possible in GW2 actually. Once you complete a dungeon's normal "story" mode once, you unlock explorable mode. Most dungeons have 3 explorable mode paths, with different bosses and challenges.

It won't be different every time you go in; but you will have some way to mix it up a little.

To have a fun activity to do with my friends and others.