I don’t get it either tbh. If gear is the main source of achievement for people in this game… then what value is there in just buying it? If beating the bosses and overcoming challenges is the main appeal… then again… what’s the value in buying it?
Then again, that money could easily be nothing for some people. Doesn’t surprise me that people do it, I just wonder what they do afterwards.
I don’t remember the last time I saw anyone say they were impressed with the gear another person had. If anything, I’ll hear things like people being impressed with someone’s performance… which is not directly correlated to gear, as evidenced by the many people who buy runs, yet can barely pull their weight :S