110656-gear-and-runes-confusing-to-a-new-50-player

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Hello guys!
 
I've been playing mmo for more than 10 years and I've usually have no problem getting the hang of how things work in an mmo.
 
I didn't start playing when Wildstar was released, I think i started around 2 months later, and i dinged 50 a couple of days ago (been leveling pretty slow since I only did adventures and dungeons. I only quest when my 2 friends are online so I've just entered the Whitevale area). 
 
Anyway, enough about me. I want to say getting to max level have been the most confusing part in this game compared to all 20+ mmo's I have played during the years (gear wise).
 
First of all adventure and dungeon loot seems pointless if you don't manage to get some insane epic with awesome stats and great runes compared to crafting gear, I just now started to understand all the gold run hype in the beginning i read on the forums.
 
Don't get me wrong, I love the challenge, It just seems weird to get to 50 and realize that If there's pretty much no gear upgrade for me outside raids (If I don't get gold and get those awesome items).
 
A guy who's new to the genre will be totally blocked for weeks just because of this. He hit's 50 and can get every single piece he needs from ah (except trinkets, which i however so nicely received as a reward in my first daily quest run, thank you carbine  ;)) and all the other dungeon loots will be unobtainable for quite some time, at least those that are considered a gear upgrade.  
 
I'm not saying that they should lower the requirement for gold, or start handing out dungeon epics like there's no tomorrow, all I'm saying is that the new guy need some sort of rewards between reaching level 50 and raiding AH, and getting to learn your class and put together a team to reach gold and get epics in dungeons. 
 
There needs to be blue items which are better than the crafting dropping from dungeons, but at the same time also worse than the epics so they still have a reason to go for gold when they farmed adventures and dungeons for a while.
 
It's like an empty void of no upgrades. MMO's at 50 is about upgrading your character. like those none-existent ability points and amp powers, but that's another matter *cough*  ;)
 
Now, when it comes to the crafting loot, they are easily obtainable but, let's take an example:
 
Take my helm slot. I go on the AH and search for level 50 blue helmet with finesse stat because It's my main stat. I get like 50++ helmets to choose from. 
 
and they are all different.
 
Helmet number 1 has good finesse but worse of the other stats good for my class, it has good runes but only 2 of them.
 
Next helmet has a few points lower finesse but better of the other stats, has 3 rune slot but all seems bad.
 
The 3rd helmet has great of all 3 stats but only 1 rune slot but it's great.
 
This Is only from 3 helmets, and I haven't even started looking at different proccs.
 
So I pretty much have to compare 5 different stats (Finesse, Moxxie, Brutality, crit and striketrough) to find out the best combo, while at the same time also look at the procc, while also take into account of how many rune slots while also taking into account the color of the rune slots.
 
So all in all I have to keep track of 8 different "stats" to find out which one is better, If I as an mmo veteran get's confused by all these numbers and things to keep track of i feel sad for newer players to the genre.
 
I guess this could be solved by allowing to search for a specific amount of stats or rune slots on ah.
 
for example, I don't wanna see any item with less than 100 finesse and they need to have at least 3 rune slots. (just an example) because currently I can only choose to search for a specific stat, not how much i want of it. that means item that has even 1 finesse will show up (which I have no interest in at all).
 
Now the fun part is I haven't even started on which runes i should put into these items. Which sets should i go for? what color do I need for them? How many do I need of them? Do I want 12 of 1 set and 4 of the other? or do i want 8 of both sets? Is the set any good or should I just go for stat increase?
 
In my class forums there's like 5 pages only for the runes and what color the sockets should have.
 
This is just my feelings I could be wrong about all this but it just doesn't feelt good, I'm not saying the game is doomed or our life is over, I'm just simply saying it's decent but It could be done easier while still keeping the feeling of effort there.
 
What are your thoughts? you guys out there who have been 50 longer than me. Is this little aurin completely wrong or do I have a point?
 
discuss!
 
 
//Cheers!
 
 
  
 	
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Will just use the words of Carbine itself.
 
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 Superb (purple) items were originally intended to be exceedingly rare. So rare in fact that they were designed to be completely unnecessary for starting progress in Genetic Archives. We thought of them as interesting bits to chase for the fully engaged 5 player group audience.
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Most of these issues are getting sorted out soon. 
 
First, crafted gear is going to get nerfed, it was not intended to be this powerful. They talked about no allowing people to put stats all the way down to 3 and boost main stats up to 125.  This nerf will buff dungeon gear and put the two in proper order.Second, rune slots are going to be changed and some slots are going to be more useful than they are at present. You will also be able to add rune slots to some current gear and you will be able to re-roll rune slots.	
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Pretty standard stuff.
 
Go to your classes sub forum.
 
Find the largest / longest thread with the word "DPS" in it.
 
Read the first 1-4 posts.
 
Answers found. 	
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It's not hard, OP, because assault power and your main dps stat trump everything. Find one with highest main stat and most fire/fusion slots. 
They're fixing all of that at some points but right now shopping for gear is easy as the other stats are hardly worth it with the rate at which they contribute to critical % and such plus the hard ceiling on those.	
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