A suggestion for minimum item level requirements

Just a suggestion but when a duty or party finder has a minimum item level requirement then the player's main hand weapon should also be at or above that ilvl.

Too many times now I've got expert roulette with tanks in almost all 260 gear but a 200 weapon, or in once case, 170. I don't care how many enmity combos you do, you're not tanking anything with that against a 2.5k+ dps MNK.

Either that or at least educate players in the Hall of Novices how much more important weapons are than the rest of your gear.

Edit: I realise weapons can be annoying to get so how about dropping the "gears" requirement for previous tiers so people can at least easily get 230/240 when starting new.

The problem is there is no "minimum item level requirement", only a "minimum average item level requirement".
The problem is the "average" which allows to have a very vital equipment, like weapons, on a extreme low item level in comparson with the rest of the gear while beating the "average minimum item level".

A better way would be a "minimum item level", where all items have to be at least that item level or some items cant push the average item level above others.

there is no more restriction on Midan gears anymore - you can farm it at will.

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Originally Posted by DrWho2010

there is no more restriction on Midan gears anymore - you can farm it at will.

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I think you missed the point...

The problem is not that people don't want to get gear, they just have "wrong" gearing priorities. Most are focused on accessoires to beat "average minimum item level" requirement to get into harder duties, by neglecting their armor and weapons, because they are more pricey.
In another thread i calculated worth of different gear slots and a weapon has the weight of a complete set of accesssoires or even more, also most armor parts have more weight even to their costs.
Poeple ar so focused in fast item level jumps and accessoires are the easiest way, but they have just half/third of the worth in statpoints like a chest/legs piece or just fourth to fifth to a weapon.

This leads to people with the "correct" average minimum item level by pushing their accessoires but neglecting weapon and armor. This resolves in underperforming players just from their gear.
Poeple can gain access with 250/260 accessoires and weapon and armor of 160 and below...you can find people with HP like they are going into ARF, for the story, with the first level 60 set...but you are in an "expert" dungeon.

From this i suggest to change the requirement from "average minimum item level" to "minimum item level", so every piece of gear has to be at least at this item level and not some pieces, in worst cases (got this 4 times last week) "vital" gear pieces like weapon, chest or legs with abyssmal low item levels...

I'd be happier with weapons being made less of a performance swing. Currently weapon damage is as much as 7x more important than your primary stat. That's a little absurd and it causes weapons to be overvalued compared to other pieces of gear. Add to that weapons are a pain to get. i200 weapons are easy... a batch of daily hunts will pretty much do it, but to get anything beyond that is a massive pain and currently requires farming content that would be disallowed under your suggestion.