Yes some people need some perspective - SOE is running a business where their overwhelming majority play a fraction of the time the OP does. So why in heavens name should SOE allow the game to remain at a level where certain rewards are only attainable for the very few? Honestly what is the point of that? Yes yes these few people will say that they have nothing to spend on - well truth is, if you spend an overwhelming amount of time and energy in something its rewards will come a lot quicker. Most people have jobs, work, lives where EQ is temporary escape not their actual life. If you want plat to spend, get a 5 bedroom house and spend all your money filling it with the most expensive rare items you can find. There you go - theres your bling bling right there.. get all your friends go and marvel at your l££tness. Oh and dont forget status points.. how many status cost items are there? Buy them all, have enough status points? No? Well then I suppose you better work on that. Theres more bling! LOL you can't say you want some things and not others.. if you want crap to buy and show off its there. If thats what you 'want' out of this game. Thats the whole point of housing and furniture, its your trophy area.. outside that its mounts and weapons/armour but the latter is only a fraction. Personally if I see someone over lvl 50 with kickass items but they still live in a 2 to 3 bedroom house, Im not exactly impressed. Well whoop idoo