Quote Originally Posted by JagerForrester View Post
Can you give me an example of intelligent gear? Most elitist/hardcore players I see have gear that cost millions of gil or requires a well-strategic alliance.
The elitist of the elite probably do have gear like that costs a lot of money. I'm not talking about their gear. I'm saying they're not going to make fun of a casual player if they've got average gear that is sensible and relatively up to date.

Also, I don't think that gear that comes from drops/events is that hard to get. Anyone can read the strategies that are all over the forums and wikis to figure out a decent plan to go after the nicer gear. You don't have to have it all right away if you're a casual player, you can do a little bit here and there (this is especially true with Abyssea but also applies to other places and times - Salvage was only 100 minutes long)