From the live letter. No surprises here I guess.
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From the live letter. No surprises here I guess.
you mean the craftable gear? or the crafters gear?
craftable gear
The new craftable gear is i90 but it's also green. So it's not as good as the equip you get in Coil or for tomes.
But you have materia-slots.
i was highly disappointed when i found out that OP meant that crafted gear was ilvl 90 and not that crafters were getting better gear.
Crafters are getting better gear too. Yoshi mentioned crafters would need the higher gear to MAKE the higher battle class gear.
And me personally I'm glad to hear that... For those who fully melded every single piece of crafter gear, would suck that all that money went to nothing. This gives us a chance to gather some more gil and stuff with that said gear making the new items, so that we can better prepare ourselves for when we have to replace the whole outfits. This I assume will eventually come once we have the level cap raised, as there will be more storylines to our crafts, and more higher level options to obtain gear to choose from in those 5 level storyline quests. ie 55, 60, 65, and so on.
HQ i70 green crafted is equivalent in stats to i70 blue darklight so I expect the same to be true of HQ i90 crafted versus i90 blue meaning it could potentially be better with the materia slots depending on class. Especially the jewelry for buffing hp pools on dps/heals for early Coil 6-9 pushes.
Colors are presently meaningless. There is no difference in stats between green, blue, and purple items. Presently, there are no blue or purple items which are not innately HQ, but only those green items which can be crafted are not innately HQ as well. HQ crafted ilvl70 items are identical in stats to Darklight.
i70 crafted accessories have been amazing.
For tanks, i70 Gryphonskin jewelry (and Rose Gold Ear Screws) are best in slot for most content.
I hope i90 is just as good.