Quote Originally Posted by Stompa View Post
Re; the lvl 110 Mikinaak Bokwus Manibohzo armors, we were never told that "these armors will not continue to upgrade in future version updates." SE never said that basically "to mezzotint these armors will cost you 30m gil, the armors will be useful for about six weeks and then skirmish and sparks gear will arrive and your 30m armors will get laughed at in events. Don't waste your gil on these delve armors." They should have said that, because for many players who do not buy gil or spend 24/7 playing FFXI, 30m gil is quite a lot of money, especially if (like me) you famously /random low numbers on all the valuable gil drops in events.
Predatory's example of Magians armors is a good one, because magian weapons scaled up gradually with future version updates that added new trials and higher levels for your item. Magians were not released with a finished lvl99 completed weapon available, it happened gradually. I myself assumed that Mikinaak and Bokwus armors were the same, and future updates would increase the power of these armor sets to be in line with whatever ilvl SE had decided to increase to. The effort and cost of the Delve lvl 110 armors was so high that I never assumed they would just be junk gear in six weeks after I finished them.
Also re; "gear isn't supposed to last you for years anymore" that is not true if as SE have said lvl 119 is the end of the road, that means your Reforged armors will be relevant for a long time. My issue is that SE made these really expensive 110 armors a year ago and never told us that they would stay 110 or that we would be smarter if we saved our 30m to invest in lvl 119 Reforged. If they had said that, I would have not wasted my time or money. So de-mezzotinting our gimped 110 armors to get the airlixir+2s back would be a solution to a problem that most players could not have predicted.

Oh come on. As soon as they started in on item levels the writing was on the wall. The only people who couldn't have guessed what was in store were the ones who lived in a purely FFXI-centric bubble. It should have been obvious they were copying the WoW model and in that gear comes hard and fast and doesn't last very long. What should also have been a clue was how quickly and brutally they murdered the vast majority of pre-Adoulin gear. If that wasn't them sending a message that there are no sacred cows anymore then what was it?

Look I've spent a bundle on augmenting gear too, mostly due to my own insecurities. If SE created a refund system I'd certainly take advantage of it, but IMO you should never invest in a piece of gear and expect to get anything other than the stats that come on it.

Also, I am not going to be counting on 119 being the end of anything. I think that'd be highly foolish at this point. The 119 sets may last longer than 110-117, but they'll eventually be replaced. Prepare yourself for it now, so we don't have to go through this all over again next year.