Seeing as those posts you are referring to came way after the 99/2000 period i don't see how they should be applied here. By that point gear and AA's were implemented that greatly affected the game mechanics differently aside from just expansions/patches.
Here there is no such thing and how is it now that there is any benefit to having the weapons that were removed by SoE/Verant of being great or high powered weapons such as the ringed mace of the ykesha, blade of the black dragon eye, and Rod of Mourning if they are all now just a generic weapon on the same scale as everything else?
I just don't see the point to this, because if you are going to go by the scales that happened way past the timeline we are going to reach here... then maybe implement the other mechanics such as Taunt actually working and other things to help counteract these futuristic changes for the sake of class balance. Besides it isn't fair to those who worked hard for or were fortunate enough to get weapons such as the ones listed prior if they are now just some standard weapon. Even a recent patch of this server showed that certain weapons were to generate more hate than others, this is proof of there being a "difference" between them amongst other weapons which should also include proc rates.
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