It’s mostly because TBC items are much more balanced, and Wow TBC gold there are more options to play a particular slots. Overall , the gear in Vanilla is not as famous than TBC. People do remember broken items like HoJ and reju gems, edgemasters and others that are far more powerful than other item that fits in that slot.

It’s more complicated than saying “they did not know what they were doing back then.” They intentionally made low-level or end-game bis items, they were both terrible, in order to allow players to make enjoyable and enjoyable decisions.

The classic game was well-known for its ability to min-maxed through years of server knowledge and brilliant theorycrafters alike, Sims taught us that the majority of the “bis’ gearing options depended on the length of the encounters with your guild were, as well as the clear timings. think trinketswaps, threat vs mit, fire/frost resistance, etc. Furthermore, many garbage skips and encounters with the naxx were amplified by niche items like smokey’s lighter and major recombobulator, Ramstein’s bolt and small stopwatches that are nifty, a gnomish hiding device, and electronic gigaflux activator.

These are really uninformed rose tinted glasses. Each of the niche items that you’ve listed have their place. But that doesn’t mean you have to make a conscious design choice to use level 40 BoE gloves, which are BiS.

It’s not the best item design to make every warrior into leather in order to do damage in a competitive manner. It’s clear that Blizzard recognized that since they changed their approach in the course of AQ and Naxx.

Transmogs are what make me hate they are why I hate them. It’s boring when everyone else is wearing the same fashion statement. I love walking by a Tauren Druid with a full moon robes, wondering what the heck? It’s hilarious, but you know that Mfer is a sexy babe.

Standardizing stat allocations (partly due to improved class design and understanding what characters want) has destroyed the capability of the design of stats to create memorable items. Most of the items which people discuss today are items that are not budgetedfor: on-use abilities, high Budget exceptions (War Glaives) and honorable mentions to weapon speeds, which allow them to provide some items with an objectively greater useful than others, but without the need to budget.

Vanilla’s vanilla classes did not want their Tier Gear due to the fact that it wasn’t well-itemized or wasn’t in line with their specs (feral Druid or dps warlord). Tbc all tier gear in vanilla is at least decent, and some even go as far as bis. Overall I’m convinced that buy Burning Crusade Classic Gold there’s less waiting to be decently prepared.