Note, this post was originally designed to go on my personal weblog, but after thinking through many of the concepts I realized it could provide some interesting discussion as the topics relate to MMOs also, not to mention allowing me to start bringing in some other concepts here (as the rebranding/move intended). The original post [...]

Over the past month or so I have seen more and more keyword searches land here (specifically this post), and it astounds me that people actually seem to believe that gear score indicates a level of proficiency, or that there is even a number to aim for to partake in specific avenues of content. Since [...]

Inspired by a combination of this post by the wonderful Bellwether (of 4Haelz fame) and this tweet from the always entertaining Brigwyn (of The Hunting Lodge), I wanted to provide an alternative thought to what Gearscore-type addons could actually be useful for. First there should be some clarification, however: using gearscore as a determiner of [...]