Item Levels

[Zhronne]

I really hope I would have never saw the day when they introduced "item level" in FFXI as well... homogeneizing gear and everything else, sigh.
Why must they copy from other MMOs instead of keep doing things their own way as they did in the last 11 years?
Do they think people kept playing FFXI hoping one day someone would have come and made it like every other MMO, or because it was actually different from everything else?

Also the part about XP is so... unnecessary. Can't they just display the monster level? People already showed that this is possible with third party addons, they could do exactely the same instead than this complicated and appearently useless thing about XP.
Please explain to me who cares about XP these days?
Do I need the game to tell me if I'm ready for a certain monster or not? What if I go around with my idle/movementspeed gear and then swap to TP once I engage?

Really... it makes no sense. Stop changing what's working Matsui! Leave FFXI alone damnit :<

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

Can't they just display the monster level?

I think the /check mechanic in Final Fantasy XIV lasted about two weeks before they flat-out started displaying the monster's level next to its name. I suspect the "just show me its real level" mechanic will be something they'll add to the new (PC-only) UI.