One of my simmering frustrations about practically every MMORPG that I play is that when my character starts to get to high levels, I am usually clueless as to how to properly gear up him or her. Sure, there are quest rewards and running dungeons, but what about past that? Am I supposed to run different types of instances in a particular order?
And it feels as though developers just stop explaining things to you once you get out of the starter zone. I keep getting special tokens and currencies in most of the MMOs I play at high level, but to find out where and how to use these, I almost always have to go out of the game to look up some guide for clueless idiots like myself. It’s not as though the MMO itself is going to point me in the direction of a particular vendor and say, “Right there, that guy will take your tokens and give you some nice raid-ready gear for your troubles.”
How can MMOs help us understand endgame gearing and progression better? For bonus points, which game do you feel does the best job at doing this?
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