Werit's Arsenal of War!

With all of the anticipation of Skaven and the RvR packs that will be introduced to us in the (somewhat) near future, I'm really hoping that Werit's Aresnal of War is not overlooked by the community.  It is a great resource for veterans and newbies alike. 

Gone are the days of outdated Wardb information.  You can browse by Career or Stat, and has a great search functionality.  With over 8,000 items encompassing the database and growing every day, it will prove to be a wealth of very valuable information for everyone. 

Everyone check it out, and give Werit some credit for the hard work he has done for us. 

End Game Debate

This morning Werit posted the remaining Q&A from Andy over on the forums, and something really struck me odd.  It was actually what I had touched on at the end of my post from this morning, Alt-Itis,  Just what struck me as odd is as follows:

A Grind, But Why?

I wanted to further a discussion and follow up to a Rank-N-Vile post having to do with gear grinds.  In today's MMO most players, casual especially, feel as if the game really comes to a grind at the later levels or end game.  Understandably so.  Gone are the days of being a part of a larger community where the end game is to protect or capture a city for your realm, rather than rank and gear up a single character.   But when and why has all this changed?  There are a few reasons in particular that I believe contributed to the fall of a true community gaming experience, and implementing what we have now.....gear grinds.