So yeah we know it was going to happen, but it still grates on me that all your hard work of arena/raiding gets turned to crap with the first few levels of green quest items. It is a vicious cycle MMOs create. There is no end, just an end to cool names for the gear.

Blizzard Poster: “I won’t get into another one of these conversations too much, but the bonus that high-end raiders get is the items they have right now that allow them to be awesome. The gear gets “reset” from time to time, but if they still want to dish out the damage (or heals or tanking as appropriate), they know how to get back to the top and they might even pick up some new players in the process to help their progression.

As for the vanity side of things, there are some good ideas out there for creating diversity in players’ looks, but we have no definite plans on changes beyond the hair styles at this time.”

Jacked this comic pertaining to the subject. Oh well glad I quit raiding in May and quit WOW all together in October. So if I do restart I can be equal with all the tier 7 people with my ugly greenies too.

Edit: Found this image on a message board, but I found the original poster here.