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I wish we could trade back the current gear for the weekly tomestone instead of throwing them away, how many time have u brough a piece of gear with ur weekly tomestone, only to be replace a week later. Would be nice if we could atleast trade them back for atleast 1/2 of their value.
Just the way it goes. You accept that risk when you purchase the gear.
I guess they could instate a system similar to WoW had (or maybe still does) where you can "sell the item back" to the same vendor for a full refund within a short period of time if you changed your mind or made a mistake, but in most cases you can do some research on gear before purchasing.
I use Ariyala's toolkit and ffxivdb to compare slots. If I feel I'll be able to get a better piece than something I can buy with tomes, I'll wait. It's a good idea to do this if there are multiple ways to get comparable gear and then see if you're able to work towards it. Like how I don't do Savage so I can't get those pieces, but I can compare Alexander Prototype/Crafted versus Tomestone and see which is a better pick for the moment.
Soon we'll probably be able to upgrade the Shire pieces through Dun Sca...Dun...the new 24 man dungeon so I may value those pieces higher and wait to fill that slot. Planning ahead can save lots of resources...and swearing!
I know the feeling. I bought my Dragoon headpiece only to have it drop in A11S two weeks in a row. ;-;
Unfortunately, they do it this way to keep people running content. If we could get a full refund on Scriptures, then I'll have no reason to run Expert for a week or I'll BiS my main faster, thus only need to keep running Savage if I level another job or have an alt. They want to keep us subbed for as long as possible. Frustrating as it can be, the tomestone grind does that.
It would be nice, even if it gave a minuscule amount of tomes... still better than npc'ing them