This announcement gives me mixed feelings. On one hand, I'm unhappy that I have to get my GEO/RUN to 99 before I can even wear my AF in comparison to the older jobs that get to wear their first AF sets at 60.

On the other hand, clearly there's not enough time or manpower to make multiple sets of AF gear anymore. In which case, it might be for the best that we get at least 1 good set of AF gear for GEO/RUN that will be good for level 99. It does make me sad that GEO/RUN may not get any relic or empyrean sets though.

Quote Originally Posted by Demonicpagan View Post
You have to look at the way the game is played now. You start out in your starting city areas and then work your way out to the nearest craig zone for that city which takes you to ~10-15. People then move into Gusgen Mines and book burn their job to ~30. Moving from there to either burning their levels in Abyssea in a worm party or moving to Crawler's Nest to ~45. After such it is then off to Bostaunieux Oubliette to 99. In all this, the player may upgrade their armor and weapons a handful of times as they will be spending a number of their levels in some sort of burn party and leaving and coming back just to upgrade gear/weapons just isn't worth the time and effort.
You're making the assumption that everyone levels your way. I don't. So yeah, I'm going to miss having my AF from level 42 to 60.

You can say I'm being obstinate, and I'm just wasting my time. Maybe I am. But, I prefer to do it this way so I can see how the job grows and learn as I level up. Added bonus: I don't have to spend as much time skilling up at 99 because *gasp* I leveled up at a "slower" rate.

I still use (ahem, abuse) Ground Tomes, and I duo with my husband mostly. The only difference is I don't level in Ground Tome alliances.

Quote Originally Posted by Duelle View Post
That's not something to celebrate. Seeing that even "simple" quests like the one for the Reive unity KI are close to impossible to complete in a small group, I shudder to think what the req's for GEO and RUN AF will be.
Getting the Reive Unity KI is not hard if you're prepared for it. I did it as a WHM with my husband (who was on NIN). Due to the wait for the ??? target (this was soon after SoA was released), we teamed up with another 2-person team (another NIN and his WHM). No one was in danger of dying during the whole fight.

Granted this is an ideal set-up, but I think even a DRG, MNK, and RDM should be able to take on the Reive Unity KI NM with no problems.