OP: great post. It's nice to see people running the numbers so that others can learn why certain stats are so valuable.

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Also: Being an elitist is FUN. I feel sorry for those players who gear bad and just brush it off with the "w/e it's their opinion I'll play like I want" excuse. Making your character push the limit and having friendly competition with other elitists is one of the most rewarding aspects of this game, don't pass it up.
Unfortunately, gear elitists tend to come off in a poor light - you might say you feel sorry for them, but more often than not a new or average player's experience with a gear elitist is being denigrated for their less-than-optimal gear.

Gear elitists, in my experience, don't care where you're coming from -- if your gear is not the best possible (which at this point in time generally means a full set of Emp +2 armor and a lv.90 Emp weapon unless you're using Twilight gear) then you will be treated as someone who does not deserve to be breathing air, much less playing FFXI, and that gear elitist is likely to instruct you to either die in a fire or take a short walk off of a tall building.

This often leads to the impression that anyone with good gear is likely to have a similarly poor attitude, and the desire to avoid also having such a bad attitude may lead some players to intentionally pursue 'lesser' gear.



It doesn't help that such gear elitists may ignore such factors as that a person has just gotten their first job to 90 and therefore has not yet had the opportunity to acquire the gear an elitist might expect.