Idea to solve the low level gear problem.

[RAIST]

/meh... maybe I've just been blessed with the linkshells I've had over the years... we always do just that--help each other out. We recently took on 3 newbs in our shell. They are planning to do one of their first Genkai's tonight. I did it for another one last month with Fenrir. I just spent 6 hours in vunkerl for the express reason of getting feet. I started it by myself, and brought in two lsmates...then a few more, then found people in the zone that needed unclaimed feet and brought them in. One was a complete stranger--he invited me the next day when he found my DRG feet in a chest. What goes around, comes around.

And we are always picking up items for eachother--or making them. I make jugs all the time for our BST when they ask. I even grab chigoes when I run across them on the AH just to keep some on hand for when people need the jugs---but that's just me. The point is, if you have joined up with a group in an LS it is usually for a reason--that being, having a group to help each other do stuff. If they aren't getting help from that group--maybe they need to seek out a new group. If they don't have a group yet, they should be asking around. I still see lots of people in Bastok. The synergy furnaces are being used a lot there, and there are base mats for smithing, alchemy, and goldsmithing there often as well--mostly just the weekends, so there is a timing element involved sometimes.

While I agree, it isn't as easy as it used to be--it isn't borked to the point that the game is unplayable. Everyone makes it sound like it is going to kill the game. If that's true, than why do I see so many people trying to form dunes/qufim parties still? They obviously are managing to get through the game somehow.....

[Karbuncle]

/meh... maybe I've just been blessed with the linkshells I've had over the years... we always do just that--help each other out. We recently took on 3 newbs in our shell. They are planning to do one of their first Genkai's tonight. I did it for another one last month with Fenrir. I just spent 6 hours in vunkerl for the express reason of getting feet. I started it by myself, and brought in two lsmates...then a few more, then found people in the zone that needed unclaimed feet and brought them in. One was a complete stranger--he invited me the next day when he found my DRG feet in a chest. What goes around, comes around.

And we are always picking up items for eachother--or making them. I make jugs all the time for our BST when they ask. I even grab chigoes when I run across them on the AH just to keep some on hand for when people need the jugs---but that's just me. The point is, if you have joined up with a group in an LS it is usually for a reason--that being, having a group to help each other do stuff. If they aren't getting help from that group--maybe they need to seek out a new group. If they don't have a group yet, they should be asking around. I still see lots of people in Bastok. The synergy furnaces are being used a lot there, and there are base mats for smithing, alchemy, and goldsmithing there often as well--mostly just the weekends, so there is a timing element involved sometimes.

While I agree, it isn't as easy as it used to be--it isn't borked to the point that the game is unplayable. Everyone makes it sound like it is going to kill the game. If that's true, than why do I see so many people trying to form dunes/qufim parties still? They obviously are managing to get through the game somehow.....

You did have it very lucky, I'm a little jealous. When i started the game my noob ass was in Crappy-No-stat armor for a long time, most of which i farmed for hours to afford. At one point i remember wearing a Friar's Rope on my ~15THF cause i didn't know any better... yah. this was back before CoP though...

Anyway, Well I understand that its not "Broken to unplayability". But it is "Broken to unenjoyability". Maybe some people are exaggerating a little, but a System like the one listed in OP wouldn't really hurt anyone, it would only server to help those who weren't as luck as you were.

Some new players truly don't have Friends, Or the Know-how to farm, etc. Even with proper research you need to get to jeuno to make any meaningful money, cause Beehive Chips at the Bastok AH don't sell like they used too lol, Nor Quadav Backplates.