Add Ambuscade +3 gear.

[radar]

I know the plan was to force everyone along the line into Limbus, but many casual players don't really like Limbus and this forced path of progression because it's too long and difficult.

They do like Ambuscade, just add another tier of gear and weapon upgrades to Ambuscade.

FFXI has always been about numerous ways to play, forcing people to align with one isn't going to work long-term.

[RichLester]

I agree we should be having ambuscade +3 armour upgrades by now. Quite a lot of us have several stacks of metals & fibers, ready to be used. Some +3 pieces would nicely compliment REMA +3 gear. Also, making weapons +1 with +269 on stats would be nice too. They can make it we need all the upgrade items & something else other than pulse, say kaja lance + shining one + some other mats like 10 gems, 10 nuggets, 10 matters, etc or new ones for the upgrade to +1. Also, both normal & +1 weapons can be augmentable like the capes are, which selectable stats.

[Alhanelem]

I don't agree. The Ambuscade gear is supposed to be intro to intermediate i119 stuff. It's supposed to be a rung on the ladder to the higher end stuff, which is certainly attainable with what such players can get access to and potentially complete.

And being entirely honest I don't really want to grind ambuscade any more than we already do.

[Teraniku]

No the only reason for Ambuscade gear is to give you enough survivability to segue to the Reforged armors it's a hoop to jump through on the way to better stuff

[RichLester]

I don't agree. The Ambuscade gear is supposed to be intro to intermediate i119 stuff. It's supposed to be a rung on the ladder to the higher end stuff, which is certainly attainable with what such players can get access to and potentially complete.

And being entirely honest I don't really want to grind ambuscade any more than we already do.

For some pieces, I agree it's not worth it but for some pieces, it is. Also, SE has changed the totals now for Fibers/Metals to 5 each time so these are stacking fast now. If there is no intention of doing +3 Ambu gear, then we can dump our stacks. What they could do is make the +2 gear augmentable. Same with the ambu weapons (2 fibers for two augments, 2 metals for another two. Both selectable like the capes). The weapons can gain RP at different rates depending on the nuggets/gems/atma/matter, etc that you trade. Ambu Rings+1, which are also augmentable?

[Alhanelem]

I don't know why so many people come here to insist that some thing that isnt useful to them anymore be somehow made perpetually useful. I think getting mats for REMA weapons is plenty enough usefulness for ambu once you've gotten the gear you needed from it. from EXP to job points to ambu points to whatever points from whatever content.... They don't need to keep adding more uses for everything. Put that effort to new content instead.

[guilestheme]

Would love to see Ambuscade +3 equipment be introduced with the same jump in features as Empyrean +1 to +2.

[Alhanelem]

I don't want anything added to ambuscade, it has served and serves its purpose, any new gear / upgrades should come from new content.

[radar]

Ambuscade +3.

[Voidstorm]

I don't want anything added to ambuscade, it has served and serves its purpose, any new gear / upgrades should come from new content.
Kupon I-Aby

Take the edge off empyrean weapon making by letting us get a few items per month from ambu.
Chloris Glavoid and Briareus suck.

It's in line with the other ambu rewards, not worthy of being a reward from new content either.

[Alhanelem]

Kupon I-Aby

Take the edge off empyrean weapon making by letting us get a few items per month from ambu.
Chloris Glavoid and Briareus suck.

It's in line with the other ambu rewards, not worthy of being a reward from new content either.
it's a "shrug" from me. I'm still not going to go back to it much (and would rather not) unless I take up a new job that needs something from it.

[Voidstorm]

it's a "shrug" from me. I'm still not going to go back to it much (and would rather not) unless I take up a new job that needs something from it.
don't blame you. I'm only doing 1 ambu per moth just to get my trust primer at the moment.

[Uroah]

Missing out on millions of gil. And primers are completely useless until they add MEVA to the list.

[Alhanelem]

Some of us have other priorities. I really don't have that much need for gil in the first place. There's not much I can buy that's going to make the jobs I play better so exchanging sparks and accolades has long more than covered my needs.

[radar]

+3 stats don't need to be massive, the goal is to give people things to work on within their ability range.

[Alhanelem]

+3 stats don't need to be massive, the goal is to give people things to work on within their ability range.
+2 gets you there. We don't need a +3. The point of that gear is to get you ready for the content that comes after, and the ambu gear is very adequate for doing content that can get you upgrades.

[radar]

Playing FFXI is like running a relay race, if they allow you to cap out on one piece of content then the player has to be able to do another type of content they a) like doing b) can do. For serious players, it's not a huge problem cause they can do any content.

The problem with allowing players to cap Ambuscade is its a) very accessible to everyone b) the best most diverse content in the game c) as I have been stating in many posts all the other content is nowhere near as good or it's simply impossible for casual solo players to progress onto.

If you have content people like doing and is popular you should keep the progression chain in that, if they link the new NM system into Ambuscade then that is at least something.