Originally Posted by
boxofred
This is the biggest lie Icecrown players refuse to admit.
Not only is the cash shop game breaking, but it also has broken the game.
Once you start handing out free best in slot gear to anyone with a credit card, you start to mess with the games balance entirely.
Did you ever see this many people running around with PvE gear and T2 PvP weapons/Shadowmourne on retail? No because most people are incapable of achieving this kind of gear.
Very rarely did you see players on retail running around with the gear you see here, and it helped keep the game at an equal balance.
Now that everyone can get T2 PvP weapons/Shadowmourne and PvE gear by donating, the entire balance has been thrown completely out of check.
Blizzard never designed this game to work like this, because they knew 99% of people could never achieve this kind of gear.