The colors can be a source of WoTLK Classic Gold contention. Grinding Gear Games' highly-successful action-RPG Path of Exile began life as a no-cost rival to World of Warcraft , and continues to use the colors of its highly-influential progenitor. (Most games tend to use the grading-scale made famous by World of Warcraft as a basis, but with a few variations.) According to the managing director Chris Wilson, each time new designers join the Path of Exile team, they will pitch their unique concept for a brand new loot class, but Wilson believes that it's all about the way players see the colors , not the actual grade itself. In their game, orange "unique" items might be more difficult to come across, but they're not as strong like those in yellow "rare" items. Instead they have a few peculiar quirks that are highly useful in certain situations, for example, to enhance certain models.
The Path of Exile games utilize the same color-coding system used for loot that is used in World of Warcraft , furthering the game's influence.
"I personally have very strong opinions about loot colors within games" Wilson said. "Often the developers train the player to think, "Oh, well If this piece of gear is a better color than another piece of gear, that means it's better.' I'm not a fan of that. I believe it's more interesting for the player to occasionally find a piece made of blue ["Magic"gear that's better than yellow ["Rare"["Rare"]. It means that they're motivated to study everything they pick up which helps the gameplay's strategy ... This is what happened in World of Warcraft , and we thought it was the ideal application, in which sometimes bluegear might end out being more useful than yellow. From the perspective of the ecosystem we thought it was just perfect and we made the decision to use these colors to create a Path of Exile accessible to gamers who enjoy ARPG. In the future, if someone on the team says, "Why why don't we introduce a brand new color?' we have be extremely cautious to ensure that there is a valid reason to incorporate it. So buy WOW WoTLK Classic Gold far, we've stuck to [the World of Warcraft colors."