Perhaps a good idea would be to implement a purge code that starts off really fast at rank 11 and slowly scales up to the current at hero.

This would do away with hero gear mostly being wasted in the hands of relatively inactive tentative alt types and casual new players, thus taking it out of the game, and give to heroes who tend to be much more active and appropriate holders of the gear. But a lower rank who actually does play, will not be negatively effected.

This would also have the side effect of reducing the annoyance of seeing level sitting low-midrank pkers in hero sets. (usually a duergar warrior or thief for some reason!)

>Perhaps a good idea would be to implement a purge code that
>starts off really fast at rank 11 and slowly scales up to the
>current at hero.

I don't think this is necessary.

>This would do away with hero gear mostly being wasted in the
>hands of relatively inactive tentative alt types and casual
>new players, thus taking it out of the game, and give to
>heroes who tend to be much more active and appropriate holders
>of the gear.

This statement is false. THere are just as many (if not more) heroes who are inactive/tentative/alt/casual/new players as low-levels.

>But a lower rank who actually does play, will not
>be negatively effected.
>
>This would also have the side effect of reducing the annoyance
>of seeing level sitting low-midrank pkers in hero sets.
> usually a duergar warrior or thief for some reason!)

If the level sitting low-midrank PK'er is actually playing they will not be negatively effected...so, there actually is no side effect.

So long, and thanks for all the fish!