GAH why cant blizz see it them self, the new tier will be the same look to everyone, just differnt colour! why cant blizz see that they take to little time to get things right...
To be fair to ol' Blizz, they have done a lot of things "right". You need only look at the success of WoW; you can't deny they have done
something right. Blizzard have really brought MMOs into the public eye, and for that we should be thankful, because they have showed game developers everywhere that there is a gigantic market for these games - which means lots of choices for us. There will probably never again be an MMO as successful as WoW, because as the new hits are released the players will divide. WoW has had it easy so far, with nothing much for contendership to the crown, casual gamers have heard of little else besides WoW. But when the new kids come out to play (WAR and AoC this year, with a Warhammer 40k MMO and other popular franchises like Stargate soon to follow), WoW will suffer losses without a doubt. The problem with WoW is that it is still using a 3 year old formula. This has been great until now but things are getting more exciting as people build and expand on the WoW template.
Blizzard can add PvP zones, destructable buildings, and as much darkness as it likes but it can't change the rules this far into the game, so it will have to rely on it's vast amount of content. If this means that we have to have gear sets look the same so they can focus on gameplay, I know what I would choose.