Full Perle

[Harpalina]

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.

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.

[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.

[Komori]

I like to judge people based on their stupidity and not gear. I've taken many year-long breaks between the different abyssea areas coming out. And therefore I'm behind. I only have my DNC head and hands to +1 but I'm working on everything else as I'm able. I'm sure when the servers are back up, I'll take a friend and me and him will go out and start seal-hunting so we can do better. But it still takes time.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[Harpalina]

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.

lol I'm one of those people that wear 2/5 or 3/5 perle pieces :P Like I stated before, I only use a few select pieces. I macro a couple pieces for WS. And I use a couple pieces for TP on WAR. To get the max haste for my gear that I have available, it's not worth equipping all five pieces.

[Bhrams]

Same with my WAR. Some things just aren't worth giving up, besides a few perle peices aren't bad to use to hold you over until you complete your AF3. Pretty sure hands and feet are the only peices I'm hanging onto.

[Harpalina]

Same with my WAR. Some things just aren't worth giving up, besides a few perle peices aren't bad to use to hold you over until you complete your AF3. Pretty sure hands and feet are the only peices I'm hanging onto.

Perle hands and feet? I use uh...well hands and feet sometimes. Dusk still gives 1% more haste, and I use those latent 3% haste WAR boots...even tho I know I can never keep that latent on for very long so I end up using perle boots more often.

[Karbuncle]

lol I'm one of those people that wear 2/5 or 3/5 perle pieces :P Like I stated before, I only use a few select pieces. I macro a couple pieces for WS. And I use a couple pieces for TP on WAR. To get the max haste for my gear that I have available, it's not worth equipping all five pieces.

I meant full time of course :P

Like say, someone using Perle Head, Haub, Perle Hands, Byakko's, Perle Feet.

When a better set would be Wal/Haub/Dusk/Byako/Perle

Basically I just dislike when people wear Perle Head/Hands without full fet When Dusk/W.Turban general produce better results based on the job. (And other gear options available to them).

but again, I wouldn't condemn them for it :P Just be upset at the idea >.>