Revocation and replacement of item level system

[Alhanelem]

all I can say is good luck with that. considering

1) the time and effort players have already spent, a vast majority of them would not be happy if that was undone in any way. How else could you fix it? You'd either have to take people's items away or nerf the crap out of them. Odds are many people's current gear would suddenly probably not be their best option.

2)the time and effort SE spent developing it. They're not about to remove it or anything else for that matter. No content in the history of the game has ever been removed.

they don't need to remove it, however the buck does need to stop here, that is, it should not ever increase beyond what we have now, and they should horizontally develop some new situational benefit items and items with other stat configurations to give players the range of choices they used to have before the system was implemented. The hardcore FFXI fanbase loves their horizontal growth. On a personal level I don't care for it so much because it creates an inventory management nightmare, however I also appriciate the benefits, where you get more choice and variety and less power creep.