The OverAchiever: Why Icecrown was less fun than Sunwell

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8-25-2011 @ 4:29PM

Kal said...

"I disagree. Achievement Points are the least tangible of raiding rewards - gear, whether normal or heroic, is more tangible."

Right - and achievements in raids lead to mounts, which are far more tangible than gear as far as showing off what you can do. Invincible still, to this day, gets more comments in PuGs than anything else I have. Similarly titles; Death's Demise shows PuGs who know that I'm srs bsns, and gets a lot of questions as to how I got it. Both of these things are immediately visible to a person. Gear is usually only apparent if you play that class.

And there is a big difference between being finished with something (ie, the content is on farm) and having to do progression on it. Having to progress 3 times per encounter is mentally more challenging than having to farm something 10 times. That's the 'never been done' aspect.

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