I cannot fully delve the mind of the Merloc.

But I expect it was to give you "choice" You want HP/Mana/END, or do you want AC?

He made it was not the item in discord is the item every player wants and the rest are a "waste" and there is no need to get them.

This is my guess at his reasoning And it makes some sense to me.

The place where I see this line of thought has some issues is for some classes some item is better, and it is on harder content than say another classes favored item.

At this point it is not likely at all to change.



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