Full Perle

[Karbuncle]

Mmm...elitist much? I've never worn full Perle, but I still use a few select pieces. I like the philosophy, "Good gear doesn't make a good player good; it makes a good player better." To me, as long you have the knowledge and skill to play your job, and you could be wearing LV 50-60 AF, it doesn't matter to me. With Abyssea, if you have the right Atma, gear could easily be balanced out.

That Philosophy is a bit Flawed, Cause I think Being Knowledgeable about how to play your job would mean you're Knowledgeable enough to know how to gear it.

Which is where the guy you quoted gets his from. If a Person doesn't appear to know how to gear their job, the chances of them knowing how to play it are equally as low. Hes not being elitist, He's probably basing his information off past experiences, and i can relate to him.

Whenever I do pick-up alliances, Or shout groups for some things When I'm bored, 9 times out of 10, The people who show up in Full Pink/Perle/Teal get lost, Die, Don't have any Atmas/Cruor Buffs, Don't understand how Weakness triggering works, and are generally not helpful to the alliance and do not understand how to play their jobs, To the point i have to baby-sit them.

Thats not saying properly geared people are always perfect. Its only less likely they will be a hindrance. Its more likely properly geared people will have Superiority Complexes, Which i can deal with for that Event, I simply avoid them for future endeavors.

I Try not to judge people by gear alone, I always give people 1 chance, but the guy you quoted is probably not elitist, Just cautious because of what he may have had to put up with, You should not judge him so harshly as he judges those in perle without knowing his reasons.

[Harpalina]

That Philosophy is a bit Flawed, Cause I think Being Knowledgeable about how to play your job would mean you're Knowledgeable enough to know how to gear it.

Which is where the guy you quoted gets his from. If a Person doesn't appear to know how to gear their job, the chances of them knowing how to play it are equally as low. Hes not being elitist, He's probably basing his information off past experiences, and i can relate to him.

Whenever I do pick-up alliances, Or shout groups for some things When I'm bored, 9 times out of 10, The people who show up in Full Pink/Perle/Teal get lost, Die, Don't have any Atmas/Cruor Buffs, Don't understand how Weakness triggering works, and are generally not helpful to the alliance and do not understand how to play their jobs, To the point i have to baby-sit them.

I Won't go as far to stop associating myself with them, I Try not to judge people by gear alone, I always give people 1 chance, but the guy you quoted is probably not elitist, Just cautious because of what he may have had to put up with, You should not judge him so harshly as he judges those in perle without knowing his reasons.

Good point. Maybe it was the way he or she worded that kind of irked me. At any rate, yeah if you do know how to play your job you should know how to gear it properly. Sometimes you don't have all the right avenues as to obtaining uber gear, and I don't think you should crucify someone just because they're wearing full perle/teal/aurore. And as some others have mentioned, full perle isn't the worst one can wear...it's decent. There are better options available, yes. But it's not completely nooby. Or just assumed to be nooby.

[Karbuncle]

Good point. Maybe it was the way he or she worded that kind of irked me. At any rate, yeah if you do know how to play your job you should know how to gear it properly. Sometimes you don't have all the right avenues as to obtaining uber gear, and I don't think you should crucify someone just because they're wearing full perle/teal/aurore. And as some others have mentioned, full perle isn't the worst one can wear...it's decent. There are better options available, yes. But it's not completely nooby. Or just assumed to be nooby.

I Can agree with this.

I think someone whos wearing 3/5 Perle, or 4/5 Perle only to put on something like Askar Head, Haub, or something to akin are much worse than 5/5 Perle players. Cause At least the 5/5 People know the Set bonus is what makes it nice.

So as i said, I can never condemn a player for gear, They always get 1 chance, If it shows that they are generally not knowledgeable I simply avoid them. I will not Call them out, or belittle them, I just make a note to avoid them for future efforts.

[Bhrams]

"Good gear doesn't make a good player good; it makes a good player better."

QFT. Alot of players out there were just in the right place at the right time(espically with Abyssea release). I've always stood by this, and never quick to judge.

[Auredant]

I tend to associate full perle/aurore/teal users as "noobs" (being the general term for incompetent) because of the lack of effort it takes to obtain these gear sets. It tells me that they either don't care to improve themselves, or they simply display ignorance because someone else told them it was cool. In either of these cases, I don't care what you do personally, it's your choice, but I won't associate myself with you, and that's my choice.

It's not like Empyrean armor is hard to come by. If you have one or two good friends who also want to upgrade armor, you can do pretty much anything Abyssea has to offer if you guys are focused and skilled enough. Seriously. I've got about 8 jobs worth of new armor give or take, some are full sets all blue box, and I obtained these farming mostly with only one friend. You can do it too if you put the effort into it and stop getting babied around all the time.

Salvage has been made much much easier now especially with the 3 person minimum instead of 6. At least Salvage gear looks prettier and still takes some time and effort to obtain. You're likely better off sporting old gear over perle simply because people would respect you more as a player. Unless you were one of those Scorpion Harness sporting DDs.

If you want serious, specific advice on the directions your should take on your priorities, feel free to PM me. I can give you a big list of chores that will get you where you want to go.

Nothing wrong with wearing pearl as a bridge...despite this post. Btw, I'm sure they won't lose any sleep that you won't associatte with them. I see self-righteous douchedom is alive and well in FFX1!

[Cupofnoodles]

I spent like a couple of days tryin gto get RDM feet and still havent gotten them, i havee all the seal and items to make them +2 already, just no feet

[Tsukino_Kaji]

I spent like a couple of days tryin gto get RDM feet and still havent gotten them, i havee all the seal and items to make them +2 already, just no feet

A story I've heard a lot. They may have fixed the drop rates, but they doesn't change the fact that people only XP in 1/3 zones.

[Yashii]

Im just going to say this to get it out there, It is Acceptable for DRG and DRK to full perle. ONLY DRG and DRK.

And heres where I justify it. (atleast for DRK)

Unless a DRK has E body and Dusk gloves +1, there is no reason to not full Perle, The only gearset that beats it out is Homam E. Body and Dusk +1 gloves. (Its been parsed somewhere.)

I dont know about you guys, but I dont have the 20m(Ifrit Price) just lying around for Dusk gloves +1.

So. I dont associate Perle with n00b, unless you're doing it on WAR/PLD or anything like that.

JUST LIKE FULL PINK NINs. /rage.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Im just going to say this to get it out there, It is Acceptable for DRG and DRK to full perle. ONLY DRG and DRK.

It's ok, I play sam in +72 eva.

[Yashii]

It's ok, I play sam in +72 eva.

Its okay, You gotta evade the rape from the awesome WS damage you do lol.