Why do people think gear = skill?
I've seen countless warriors with full mythics, mauls with arcane pets that are totally useless for anything other than showing off in town. I have even watched more than one of them die while running hauntlet. It's nauseating. There are an equal number of ring rogues who never bothered to learn technique or skill, and many arcane staff mages who die every time a mob looks their way in tinderin.
Conversely, I have seen legendary geared, plat-free players (yes, includig mages) with exceptional skill (largely because they can't rely on gear to forgive any number of errors in play), that could run circles around any number of max geared players, and survive better while doing it.
Gear and raw stats do not make you good. There's a helluva lot more to the game than numbers.
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