Lol, you may have a point, but speaking form a personal point of view, and my group's as well, our characters usually have other goals instead of simply wanting shinies. When I say a treasure hunter I mean the sort of person who has a big-ass room filled with artifacts (rare and unique stuff, not your regular arcane items) to show and tell. Sure gloves of dexterity or a vorpal sword are always great stuff, but that's something too "commonly" seen, imo. And as Dandu said, we often focus a lot more on roleplay and the plot itself than loot, epic gear and min-maxing every chara. When I say "hold her own in combat" I'm not saying "nuke every creature in existence" just being able to leave most common encounters in one piece, even if she ends up having to run from it at some point.