User blog comment:ObsidianDraconis/Week of the weak Online Ur-Dragon/@comment-204.250.119.254-20130521203716/@comment-5166842-20130529131412

Well yeah, if people didn't like rare gear in games they probably wouldn't make gear rare. Pretty much a no-brainer there.

I'm not sure why you think everyone has to have the time to kill the Ur Dragon over and over (though most people do seem to kill the offline version over and over). You only need 1 kill to get the armor, mask, and a buttload of weapons. Fact is, you don't need to take any time outside of your normal play, just wander in and check on him when you happen to be near an entrance. My first 2 online kills were just random poke-your-head-in-the-door encounters.

I love getting rare gear. I played for hundreds of hours without knowing Burnished Bracers existed, and when I got them on a random trip through The Everfall it was so cool. Something new, cool! Now I get them so often on Bitterblack I just throw them out.