Meldable AF Gear?

I thought I read a dev post about AF gear being meldable... or was it just a dream?


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It was a dream lol.
AF gear is supposed to be on par with double melded gear...perhaps slightly stronger...from what I remember.

Wow you must be some kind of crafter-hating nazi if you want that

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Originally Posted by SirOleas

It was a dream lol.
AF gear is supposed to be on par with double melded gear...perhaps slightly stronger...from what I remember.

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Where did you hear this?

Edit: Just noticed your avatar. /sigh

"Yay lets blow up AF gear!"

JSE sounds like its going to be sweet!

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Originally Posted by Syris

Where did you hear this?

Edit: Just noticed your avatar. /sigh

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from here
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...035#post570035

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Originally Posted by Syris

Where did you hear this?

Edit: Just noticed your avatar. /sigh

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>_> Whats wrong with my avatar?

He thinks he's a clone now...

Imagine losing a piece of AF gear that you can only get a from a non-repeatable quest...

Yeah, its not meldable and has been confirmed as such.

Shame its not - its a wasted opportunity big time.

This happens:
Forbidden meld --> AF Body.
BOOM
I lost my one time only drop AF body!
I demand you let us repeat the quest!

Please no.

I just hope that AF gear will be upgradeable in the future then. It would be nice for AF gear to have quests, drop items etc. to upgrade them in the future, so that AF gear won't simply become obsolete in the next patches. :)

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Originally Posted by Buttons

I just hope that AF gear will be upgradeable in the future then.

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Maybe a future quest to +1 it.
But materia?
I'll say it again.
No.

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Originally Posted by Buttons

It would be nice for AF gear to have quests, drop items etc.

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Exactly. For me this was a stupid waste of opportunity. If they made the Af materiable, then that gives it the chance to be blown up. Whys that a good thing? Well if they made it so that there was an interesting fight for some (or all) the AF gear you would have had to go back and do it again and again.

Lets be honest, those two dungeons are going to conquered with in a week or two by the mass of the populace. If they made the AF re-get-able, and you had to get it in interesting encounters/fights, we would have a time sink for a very very long time for people when people blow it up.

Just seems like a wasted opportunity for a good and healthy time sink for when people are bored.

Or maybe the two new dungeons have meldable gear that, when melded, is comparable to AF gear. Then we get the best of both worlds, repeatable content plus we won't all look exactly the same.

Don't want meldable AF, but then I don't want multi meld at all in this game :S

AF should be a special one time only thing, dev said they plan to make JSE craftable items later down the road anyway, which we can meld til we see fit.

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Originally Posted by Brannigan

Wow you must be some kind of crafter-hating nazi if you want that

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Brannigan, WTF mate??? I was a 103 Leathercrafter in FFXI for your ignorant information...

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Originally Posted by Picoman

"Yay lets blow up AF gear!"

JSE sounds like its going to be sweet!

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Why not? Just make the quest repeatable...

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Originally Posted by yukikaze_yanagi

from here
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...035#post570035

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Thank you, this is indeed what I was referencing. So it was not a dream afterall! I just forgot the "wont be possible" part...how's that for selective memory? Anyway, they ARE adding future gears that will have better stats than AF AND will be meldable. So That solves it:

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Originally Posted by Rukkirii

Hello! We received some information about job-specific gear that I'd like to share with you.

It won’t be possible to attach materia to job-specific gear. Job-specific gear will feature stats that are better than gear that is craftable that have more than one materia attached. With that said, we will look into adding new gear in future patches that will have better stats than job- specific gear with multiple materia attached to them.

There was also a question about the reasoning for the job-specific gear being referred to as AF (or artifact gear). While the upcoming job-specific gear is a type of artifact gear, there are plans to have other types of artifact gear in the future, some of which won’t necessarily be job-specific.

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Originally Posted by Molly_Millions

Imagine losing a piece of AF gear that you can only get a from a non-repeatable quest...

Yeah, its not meldable and has been confirmed as such.

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Thanks a Million, Molly, remind me why they couldn't make the quest repeatable?

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Originally Posted by Vackashken

Shame its not - its a wasted opportunity big time.

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I cannot believe I just liked Vack’s post…

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Originally Posted by AmandaHuggenkiss

This happens:
Forbidden meld --> AF Body.
BOOM
I lost my one time only drop AF body!
I demand you let us repeat the quest!

Please no.

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I still don't see the problem in repeating this quest...

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Originally Posted by Buttons

I just hope that AF gear will be upgradeable in the future then. It would be nice for AF gear to have quests, drop items etc. to upgrade them in the future, so that AF gear won't simply become obsolete in the next patches. :)

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Well as soon as that “new gear in future patches that will have better stats than job- specific gear with multiple materia attached to them” are added, I can’t see much of a reason for AF except to upgrade into AF2

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Originally Posted by AmandaHuggenkiss

Maybe a future quest to +1 it.
But materia?
I'll say it again.
No.

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Why are you such a Negative Nazi –oops- I mean, Nancy?

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Originally Posted by Vackashken

Exactly. For me this was a stupid waste of opportunity. If they made the Af materiable, then that gives it the chance to be blown up. Whys that a good thing? Well if they made it so that there was an interesting fight for some (or all) the AF gear you would have had to go back and do it again and again.

Lets be honest, those two dungeons are going to conquered with in a week or two by the mass of the populace. If they made the AF re-get-able, and you had to get it in interesting encounters/fights, we would have a time sink for a very very long time for people when people blow it up.

Just seems like a wasted opportunity for a good and healthy time sink for when people are bored.

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OMG I just liked Vack’s post AGAIN O.O; something must be wrong with the world… Vack, I agree they should make U/U gear meldable including the dungeon drops.

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Originally Posted by Molly_Millions

Or maybe the two new dungeons have meldable gear that, when melded, is comparable to AF gear. Then we get the best of both worlds, repeatable content plus we won't all look exactly the same.

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This would be a dream come true, in which case – it probably won’t happen.

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Originally Posted by Jinko

Don't want meldable AF, but then I don't want multi meld at all in this game :S

AF should be a special one time only thing, dev said they plan to make JSE craftable items later down the road anyway, which we can meld til we see fit.

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Yo Jinko, what’s happenin’? Where did you hear that JSE would be craftable?

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Originally Posted by Matsume

Thanks a Million, Molly, remind me why they couldn't make the quest repeatable?

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This is just a guess, but perhaps the quests that give you certain abilities are the same ones that give you pieces of job armor. We all know this games underlying code is a huge mess, so my guess is that the part that gives the ability is too difficult to take out of the quest upon repeating it.

Don't worry about it Matty - I am sure we will find something to be polar opposites about later. The planets align for only so long.

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Originally Posted by Vackashken

Don't worry about it Matty - I am sure we will find something to be polar opposites about later. The planets align for only so long.

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lol Vack, good times

AF gear will be replaced by the next set of AF, and so on

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Originally Posted by Matsume

Yo Jinko, what’s happenin’? Where did you hear that JSE would be craftable?

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Hmm the JP > English translation thread perhaps, I know I saw it somewhere.

I have read that too.
Not only will there be crafted JSE there will be crafted CSE too.
My guess we'll see those go in at 1.22.

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Originally Posted by AmandaHuggenkiss

I have read that too.
Not only will there be crafted JSE there will be crafted CSE too.
My guess we'll see those go in at 1.22.

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Sounds good to me.

AF gear being better than multi-melded crafted gear is well-deserved. The fact that they are job specific isolates them balance-wise from everything else in-game.

The point is, when on the job you will always want the AF gear on - as each part will be the best in slot without dispute - or should be. However, they are limited to being on the job to be able to use, and thus every other gear in game will have it's use as well.

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Originally Posted by NoctisUmbra

AF gear being better than multi-melded crafted gear is well-deserved. The fact that they are job specific isolates them balance-wise from everything else in-game.

The point is, when on the job you will always want the AF gear on - as each part will be the best in slot without dispute - or should be. However, they are limited to being on the job to be able to use, and thus every other gear in game will have it's use as well.

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Well said, and point taken.

sorry for my noobness. What's JSE/CSE?

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Originally Posted by Molly_Millions

sorry for my noobness. What's JSE/CSE?

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Job specific equipment. Cannot be equipped on classes.

Class specific equipment. Cannot be equipped on jobs.

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Originally Posted by Molly_Millions

sorry for my noobness. What's JSE/CSE?

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Job/Class Specific Equipment

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Originally Posted by Jinko

Job/Class Specific Equipment

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oh, I guess that was rather obvious, huh?

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Originally Posted by Vackashken

Shame its not - its a wasted opportunity big time.

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It's not a wasted opportunity, was specifically stated AF gear is going to already be powerful. You meld crafted gear to make it powerful.

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Originally Posted by Elexia

It's not a wasted opportunity, was specifically stated AF gear is going to already be powerful. You meld crafted gear to make it powerful.

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Main focuses of materia melding are to make gear powerful and to customize based on your preferences.

JSE are for jobs. They will be powerful beyond everything, because they are limited to jobs. Jobs have very specific roles, and thus customization isn't a focal point in itemization.

In conclusion, there is no need beyond "welllll... I wanna do eeeeet" to meld AF gear.

welllll... I wanna do eeeeet

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Originally Posted by Matsume

welllll... I wanna do eeeeet

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Please look forward to it in version 1890634.0

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Originally Posted by Matsume

lol Vack, good times

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indeed, :)

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Originally Posted by Elexia

It's not a wasted opportunity, was specifically stated AF gear is going to already be powerful. You meld crafted gear to make it powerful.

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It has nothing to do with being "powerful" as to why its a wasted opportunity. I illustrated my point on page two to why it is.

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Originally Posted by Vackashken

I illustrated my point on page two to why it is.

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And here we go !

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Originally Posted by NoctisUmbra

Please look forward to it in version 1890634.0

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Too many numbers >.<

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Originally Posted by Molly_Millions

Imagine losing a piece of AF gear that you can only get a from a non-repeatable quest...

Yeah, its not meldable and has been confirmed as such.

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you may say it would be like accidentally npcing a paragons crown, right, lol.

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Originally Posted by syntaxlies

you may say it would be like accidentally npcing a paragons crown, right, lol.

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/comfort ._.

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Originally Posted by syntaxlies

you may say it would be like accidentally npcing a paragons crown, right, lol.

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it might suck just as bad, yes.