That's because you'll find a serious version of this thread if you dig through the forums right around the time that patches 2.3, 2.5, 3.1, 3.3, and 3.5 came out.
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Well if you have enough gils you can just buy the materia (or if you're a tank 99.99% of the time the roulette is tank)
Misleading titles like this shouldn't be allowed.
I hate hunts ever since it was released in 2.x.... its nothing but a toxic waist dump of negative players. Stormblood started out great... amazing story, job revamps looking at brd :) and a few other QOL changes. Unfortunately making us run content that is just as boring as fates to just upgrade gear is not cool at all... Stormblood is turning into Heavensward all over again..... and thats not a good thing
Traditionally, the best equipment in Final fantasy series was never locked behind tough end-game bosses. You could get the best gear before fighting them because that was the point, why would you need even better gear after defeating them already? We can say the same, it's useless for raiders too unless they want to make subsequent runs easier. But, then again, casuals want to make their Exper roulette easier too so goal generally is the same.
At least the hunts are more interesting this time around and even the A ranks have some mechanics to worry about instead of just being a gank fest. That damn Oni Yumemi.
But I agree with the OP. The best MMOs have multiple ways to get the best gear, either a harder, quicker way or a longer, more time consuming way.