Currently there is some gear that can be slightly overpowered.
Mostly its artificed stuff so its not like anyone can just buy gold and then buy overpowered gear.
It comes down to a bit of luck as the artificers randomly make you stuff.
Next patch will make some enhancments to gear only appear on the top tiers which cost more Equip points to wear.
So basically you'll have to make a choice between;
1> high HP and better enhancments (which comes with higher tier armor) but lower ranked abilities because you'll have used up most of your equip points on armor.
OR
2> standard HP and standard enhancments (which come on lower tier armor) but higher ranked abilities because you'll have more Equip points left to spend on abilities for your build.
Currently, you can almost have both, which can be unbalanced.
But to answer your question properly, someone with high level gear and abilities can still be beaten by a SKILLED player with not so hot gear.
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Its all changing in the next patch.
Currently there is some gear that can be slightly overpowered.
Mostly its artificed stuff so its not like anyone can just buy gold and then buy overpowered gear.
It comes down to a bit of luck as the artificers randomly make you stuff.
Next patch will make some enhancments to gear only appear on the top tiers which cost more Equip points to wear.
So basically you'll have to make a choice between;
1> high HP and better enhancments (which comes with higher tier armor) but lower ranked abilities because you'll have used up most of your equip points on armor.
OR
2> standard HP and standard enhancments (which come on lower tier armor) but higher ranked abilities because you'll have more Equip points left to spend on abilities for your build.
Currently, you can almost have both, which can be unbalanced.
But to answer your question properly, someone with high level gear and abilities can still be beaten by a SKILLED player with not so hot gear.
So NO, its not dependent on gear totally.
Bring on the next patch!
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