At some point, the playerbase cannot be blamed and you have to start looking at game mechanics.
Instead of just saying "oh, the playerbase just won't invest in them, so it's their fault", maybe we should be saying "Why aren't players investing in items? Why are players complaining about them?"
That is only true if the player base UNDERSTANDS the mechanics. Which from this thread they obviously don't. What is the point of changing the mechanics to fix a problem that is observer bias?
