Information on inventory relief, via staff consolidation, efforts

[Alhanelem]

So wait, wanting to do 30% more damage is situational now?

No, wanting to do 30% more damage with element X vs wanting to do 30% more damage with element Y is situational.

Doesn't sound like the guy I know. He does always disagree, but he really does think he's right.

False on both counts. I don't always disagree, nor do I think I'm always right.

Are you honestly implying that undercutting means people can't make profit?

Yes, if they have to undercut below cost to make the tools cheaper than just using the normal ones. It all depends on how much the recipes cost. You won't sell the crafted universal tools if they end up costing too much above what the normal tools cost. I suppose some people will happily pay more for convenience, but others will buy whatever is cheapest.

Lol? Of course it does. I'm not going to pursue a staff I'll use in 1% of my entire FFXI experience even if it is the best in that 1% scenario.

I'm not sure what you're saying here, but it sure doesn't have to do with whether something is situational or not. If something is good in 1% of situations, that's still a situation and the item is still good for it, hence the word SITUATIONAL. Unless you only EVER need one out of the 8 staves, then yes, they're situational. Just because that situation isn't common enough for you to move your lazy behind to get it, doesn't mean the item doesn't have a situational benefit.

HA! Here's where I throw your logic back at you. If I can combine them into Avatar, Damage, and Magic Accuracy staff, I would still need more than one of those staffs. By your logic, that means they're situational. Since they're situation, SE should have no problem with doing that because we still need to pick some items over others. BAM!

HAH! Here's where you failed to throw my logic right back at me, because your statement makes no sense! If you could combine all of the staves you neeed into one, it would no longer be situational, because you would not still need more than one of those staves. By my logic, that means it's NOT situational! BAM!

NOT situational = Something that is good all-around, and does not need to be swapped out for something else.
situational = something that is useful but does not cover all the bases and must be swapped for another item when a specific situation calls for it.

Do you only need one staff for general use? Then it's not situational. Do you need multiple staves for different purposes? Then they are situational. How hard is this to understand?

If I had a staff that boosted all elements in all ways as you described, then why would I need more staves? What would those other staves do?

How many of them have all 8 magian staffs? How many are in the process of obtaining all 8? How many have stuck with the most important elements and called it?

If you don't have all 8 staves or aren't pursuing all 8, then that simply means you have no need of the situational benefit that the ones you didn't get offer. it doesn't suddenly strip the term "situational" from the list of words that would describe them.