Rijn wrote: Thats about 40 hours of actual mob killing and productive playing to get one piece of set gear; if that equation seems cool to you, all the more power to you, you should buy yourself a treadmill and a stationary bike for Christmas you would be thrilled with them.
Well so many people argue that there should be an equitable way to get very nice gear from group zones as is done with raid zones.
The equation of about 40 hours of raiding to get one piece of gear, let alone set gear, is about right.