Then I won't patronize you. I will flat out tell you that you are wrong.
I got one of those pieces the very first day they came out, on both of the servers I play on. I have quite a few from the set now. I daresay I know more about them than you.
Like almost every item acquired in the game, most had trash stats. So what? Keep them to get the complete set, for movie covers or for tease purposes. Or sell them and move on. Whatever floats your boat.
To use that set as an example that the game is treating you badly is simple exaggeration. Being abrupt and rude about stating your opinion is not helping you make your case. I appreciate the passion. I do not appreciate the tone.
So I gather your esteemed position is that the game is fine, and crap items with crap low sp. points are something you either endure or look forward to is some way. Well this forum is for suggestions to improve the game, not promote what is a dysfunctional and user frustrating experience.
My opinion is that this game design is killing the game by driving away all but the most obsessed players. I don't know what you know, but I do know it is both a poor value from my perspective, and kills my enjoyment of game play.
In my opinion this game will soon be history, and if I am right you won't remember what I have said, nor do I expect you will, when you are so willing to accept poor quality and do not complain.
My latest item which requires the user to be at, at least 257, 65 skill points lower than the common item I was using already!
Great value Big Bang, well done boys, super job! Great reward for us players staying around long enough to get past level 250!!
For that matter, how about when you click it the new item, it suddenly takes 50 off your level and sends you back to level 200,.That would be great and oh so wonderful game design.
I watched the same process with Mafia Wars ,8 years ago, repetitive play, little challenge, poor items when spending money to purchase, poor customer service and one of the most popular games in history, slowly tanked, to the point Zynga shut it down. Monthly players leaving in droves, and the developers did nothing.
Fundamentals of business, if your paying customers aren't happy your business is in trouble. I am a paying customer I have the right to express my opinion, and I don't see the positive in anything you have said, except perhaps to puff up your already large ego.