Even the hues themselves WoTLK Classic Gold can be a source of contention. Grinding Gear Games' highly-successful action-RPG Path of Exile began life as a game that was free to play in the same vein as World of Warcraft , and still uses the colors of its influential predecessor. (Most games tend to employ the grading-scale popularized by World of Warcraft as a basis, but with a few variations.) According to the managing director Chris Wilson, each time someone new joins the Path of Exile team, they propose their own concept for a brand new loot class, but he personally believes it's more about how the players perceive the colors rather than the actual grade itself. For instance, in their game, orange "unique" items could be more difficult to come across, but they're not as strong when compared to the yellow "rare" items. Instead they're full of peculiarities that can be extremely beneficial in certain situations, or to complete certain build.

The Path of Exile games utilize the same color-coding method for loot that is used in World of Warcraft , furthering the expansion of the game's influence.

"I personally have strong opinions about loot colors in games," Wilson said. "Often the game's creators basically educate the player to think, 'Oh, okay that if this piece of gear is a better color than an item, it's a given that it's superior.' I'm really not happy with that. I think it's fun for the player to come across a piece of blue ["Magic"] gear which is more valuable than yellow ["Rare"["Rare"]. It means that they're motivated to study everything they discover which helps the gameplay's strategy ... This is how it was done in World of Warcraft , and we felt it was an ideal implementation, where in some instances, blue] gear would end with being much more useful than [yellow]. From the perspective of the ecosystem We just thought that it was just perfect and decided to use those colors to help make Path of Exile accessible to gamers  buy WOW WoTLK Classic Gold who enjoy ARPG. If anyone on the team says, "Why don't we add a new color?', we'll need be extremely cautious to ensure that there's a legitimate reason to put that in. We've stayed to [the World of Warcraft colors.]"