Drew is a living example of that number 2. He used to fight with not so godly gear. And win all the time. As did i and many others.
As for the Group one people, Ive seen some of u in temple and ur all bm.
Except for Orko which we settled that dispute the other day< So that makes orko group two. hehe....
.Dracs and Exiles and CTA's , wtf is that crap? That was never allowed in temple before and it isn't now.
Not to mention the teleporting hamerdin that was there last week. he used Cta and Doom too i believe.
and no, we arn't noobs that can't afford it. We are playing with skill and using skills to win, not just gear that overpowers a person, or does things that a pala woudn't normally do.
The problem is that the paladin community only sees the bm side to dueling, and never the fun and challenge of the GM. Cuz the pubby way is getting out of hand now, Its a world of casters and very few skilled melee people.
Once the fog is lifted from the bm pala's eyes everything will be all good.
O and btw, a non bm person CAN and DO beat bm people, My liberator is living proof, i beat so many people with exile / doom / cta's so just cuz i dont use it, dont mean im a noob who can't afford it. It means that i dont want to be bm. many people from temple Beat all sorts of BM people. Its all about how u build ur pala and not what gear u have.
Even if a v/t used Shaftstop and Shako and HoZ, but beat ur zealot who used BOTD , EXILE, and Dracs and other bm stuff, does that mean that he is a less of a figher cuz he dont use godly gear?
So here is the solution..
When ur in temple No BM GEAR ON>
Also when ur in a Pala pk game no bm gear on either.. Unless everyone agrees and says its ok. Or they use it them selves. Alot of the open pubby games now for pala duels are conforming to similar rules as temple. HURAY!!
WHen ur in pubby, Wear all the bm Stuff u want.
and how do the elite players not conform to the rules? That makes no sence at all..lol..... Ive been there a long time and i haven't noticed any elite player non conforming. By elite do u mean (A) People who have Godly gear or (b) People who have been playing pala since 07 -1.10 and have good gear and play temple since it was openend in 08 ?????
So how would u define elite?