Quote Originally Posted by JagerForrester View Post
Yes, but the ability to get certain pieces of equipment plays a role. It's very grindy to get the best gear, and sometimes players have to get by with what they can attain or afford with the resources they have.
This is not true. Elitist players don't want you to have the most uber of gear. They want you to have intelligent gear. You don't need to play 12 hours a day to get nice gear, especially now with Abyssea.

As long as you keep working towards good gear and you keep your gear choices that are available to you intelligent no one would have a problem.

It's when people delibrately gimp themselves because they've got some weird idea into their heads that there is a problem.