Trophy items vs. gear

Kindelnol

The question is simple: which is more important, trophy items or gear?

 Trophy items are simply those items you gain through out your characters history that explain what you have done and the quests/events you have endured. In many games, these items act more as a display of your prestige and background vice an item of power. These items might be decoration to your house, or it might even be a gear piece which you might find good enough to equip.

 Gear would be those items that one obtains for their status and bonuses. Often, this is just an item for power and does not necessarily show a background of your character. Sometimes, the piece might be an item that would also be a trophy item, but more commonly it is not something one would display for that purpose.

FreddyNoNose

Both are important, but likely gear is more important due to functionality within character advancement.  Now if trophys were used as a part of character advancement, then you have more trophy functionality.

thaak

I would say that gear is probably more important, to me, than trophy items. In my days at CoH, you could collect the badges, and I wasn't very interested in them. Sure I was happy when I got a new one, but I wasn't an avid collector of them. Gear just has functionality and the ability to make your character perform better.



Although, I'm tired of gear based MMOs and won't to go back to CoH and want to try out the Chronicles of Spellborn.

wjrasmussen

Originally posted by thaak

I would say that gear is probably more important, to me, than trophy items. In my days at CoH, you could collect the badges, and I wasn't very interested in them. Sure I was happy when I got a new one, but I wasn't an avid collector of them. Gear just has functionality and the ability to make your character perform better.



Although, I'm tired of gear based MMOs and won't to go back to CoH and want to try out the Chronicles of Spellborn.

I was thinking of badges in CoH as well. I wish more games would include this type of thing.

Imagine some RP quests in a small area of a fantasy game.  You complete the quests and gain the protector of the forrest title and a horn.  This horn can be used once in a while and summons 4 guards to aid you but only in that area.

Gameloading

Gear, a trophy doesn't give 38 stamina and 25 str. gear does.

CleffyII

Trophy Items.  A +10 knife that you had since the first day you joined until you figured out there are weapon shops 3 weeks later tells a much better story then swapping out to that Mace of Reckoning.