...but the evil equivalents of "progging" gear are a LOT worse but albeit not as easy to get. I could get prayer beads solo extremely easy but getting something from the Inferno is a lot harder - especially since either Liches horde the gear or because of changes that harm the ability to explore that place in general (alignment shifting, evil healer nerf, less playerbase to take down, etc).

But yeah, there are much worse items down there. If anything just make prayer beads a lot harder to get or prog less.

And yeah, I've done a duergar AP trying to fight an elf with prayer beads and heartseeker daggers. You could say it was a big kick in the nuts - he could be spamming "knee" and I would have lost.