Toak (atys)
Yes the rangers have MA in silan - but not a skin specific to the faction itself. As to the grunts - you can tell by the gaurds of the marauder camp that they do indeed have the same skins as the BOSSES.
As to the faction points - there is a sort of system, but it has not been properly implemented so it doesn't work, doesn't have things to buy, doesn't have a place to buy, and doesn't have any way possible to get the points. I was just pointing that out as to show that the karavan and kami still do indeed have something that the marauders don't.
By grunts I referred to the tribes who showed up to "help" during the introduction of the Marauder pseudo-faction. *They* did not have special armor. I've never even seen the guards of the Marauder village, but I would point out with respect to the Kami and Kara (especially the latter), that Karavan followers can't get Karavan armor.
One of the points of the NPC Boss armor is that you can tell by the look of the armor that the person involved is an active player with strong support that has managed to bring down NPC bosses time after time. For any goober Marauder (a category that most emphatically does NOT include you, Toak) to be able to have that look is diluting the worth of the armor, even if the q100 Marauder HA has the normal stats for player armor with other skins.
I'd much rather see Marauder skins made that can be learned by any crafter (start counting the SP, guys, they just got rare). More work for the devs, but more balanced in play.
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(*) This statement is contested, but we are certainly the longest lasting.
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