Give us back our options! Why would you do this?

I don't understand why so many recipes weren't updated. They still make Dated versions of things using those horribly complex old recipes.

It's really bothering me that I have only a few pieces of gear to choose from between 1-20 (and compared to pre-recipe overhaul, it's 1-50). Where are the cowls, the shirts, robes, half-robes, pants, gloves!?

When I first started playing FFXIV last year, something I really admired was the diversity of clothing available for the same level range. Coming from World of Warcraft, where you wear whatever has the best stats (it's usually an ugly yellow thing, too), this was an amazing and new kind of equipment system! I could wear a robe, or a shirt, or even a doublet. The melee classes had access to heavier gear like bone scale armor (one of my favorites) and armored gauntlets.

Why is this gone now? Instead of updating Dated recipes, 70% of my options are simply gone. Yes, I can always wear Dated gear, but since no one makes it any more and vendors don't sell it, I'd have to level the necessary professions just to craft each piece.

I, personally, like to see my items all become spiritbound. And when they're done, I swap them out for new gear to bind. But it's really bland to just keep swapping one hempen acton out for a fresh one every few levels.

My latest piece of gear is a Shepherd's Tunic. However, like most of the upgrades for my clothing, it boosts stats for DoL and DoH. Seriously, the only decent attire I have is that damned Hempen Acton that I am so sick of looking at. I can't even have a SHIRT until after level 20.

Am I the only one that gets bored when my character looks the same for ten levels at a time?

10 levels is about an hour on average. not much time to look the same. and i say on average because it seems 95% percent of people just pl them.

I guess I'll just never understand that mindset. 10 levels takes days for me. Grinding is boring and totally crushes my spirit. Powerleveling is something I'll never do.

If I'm the only one that thinks like this, then that explains why SE can just make these kind of changes and no one minds.

It's the sad truth.

I hate power levelling it causes so many problems. most notably the lack of demand for low level gear on the markets. if there was demand i'd sell low level equipment all day long but when you can go 1-40 in 8 hours then there's next to no demand for anything lower.

another reason i hate it is because so many people suck at there jobs. number of times people fail at things cos they can't play there jobs properly it's crazy. but thats not realated to your original subject

back to topic, i think the problem is you dont find enough gear in market wards be cause crafter dont produce low level gear.
Since most people either have most crafts on max they do the gear themselves but most of them dont even need to do that lol since most battle classes are on max too ...
new player have it tough
making low leve gear isnt even profitable since its not stackable, cant put high price on coz new player dont have much gil and high level player dont need to buy it so its taking a long time to sell

Yeah, I hear you on the powerleveling not producing quality players. At least I know that when I hit 50 I'll be a master at my class.

It's a shame that there's no market for gear at lower than around level 30. I remember it used to be, since people made cowls and stuff to level crafting professions.

You know this game has been out for over a year and a half, right? With not much in the way of end-game content, and little to do besides level other classes? People who've been playing since the game came out can have all-50s or mostly-50s (only referring to DoW/M) relatively easy by this point. I'm not sure why powerleveling is even being discussed right now.

On-topic, however, I completely agree with the OP. My wife loves the half-robes, yet they're all but gone from the game now.

I believe they said they were doing a large recipe update in 1.22

I think they really need to close the huge gaps in equipment for DoH and DoL. As well. My classes have to dated gear sometimes because they're stuck in level where nothing is optimal in the new recipes.

BUT for DoW/DoM they have dungeon or LNM drops that might be good?

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You know this game has been out for over a year and a half, right? With not much in the way of end-game content, and little to do besides level other classes? People who've been playing since the game came out can have all-50s or mostly-50s (only referring to DoW/M) relatively easy by this point. I'm not sure why powerleveling is even being discussed right now.

On-topic, however, I completely agree with the OP. My wife loves the half-robes, yet they're all but gone from the game now.

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because powerlevelling is a major factor of why low level equipment never gets made or sold. which in turn is the ops point.

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On-topic, however, I completely agree with the OP. My wife loves the half-robes, yet they're all but gone from the game now.

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Yeah! I just want a variety. I hate staring at the same gear for too long. I have this Hempen Acton on my new character and it's seriously the best gear I've found for DoM, right up to level 18! I'm in Sposhae hunting a Bliaud because although I don't need it... I MUST HAVE NEW CLOTHES.

My hope is for a system to be introduced where owning a piece of gear basically unlocks those stats and you can apply them to another piece of gear of the same type. There are some incredibly beautiful pieces of gear in this game that are never worn due to having inferior stats. A system like this would create so much more variety in what people would wear and therefore give the player a greater feeling of immersion as they are dressing their character in the way they think looks best and not simply for the numbers.

Powerleveling? Who needs powerleveling? Leveled Pugilist from 15-50 and unlocked all MNK content in a week. Legit. None of that PL garbage.

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My hope is for a system to be introduced where owning a piece of gear basically unlocks those stats and you can apply them to another piece of gear of the same type. There are some incredibly beautiful pieces of gear in this game that are never worn due to having inferior stats. A system like this would create so much more variety in what people would wear and therefore give the player a greater feeling of immersion as they are dressing their character in the way they think looks best and not simply for the numbers.

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Although they're inferior, and people look down on me... I wear them anyway!

I was about to make a similar post. I have recently started leveling some DoL and DoH classes and noticed many recipes still haven't been converted to the standards. More options open up around level 35 it seems, but prior to that, its pretty dismal.

Some items are non-existent except for Dated versions (such as the Turban). The selection needs to be improved. I understand the developers are working hard, but I hope its on their list of things to do at least part of the 2.0 release.

Recipes are being fixed and added in the next patch.

You need to reread the last producers letter.

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Recipes are being fixed and added in the next patch.

You need to reread the last producers letter.

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I just started playing again... I haven't read that letter yet... It's good to hear.

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Powerleveling? Who needs powerleveling? Leveled Pugilist from 15-50 and unlocked all MNK content in a week. Legit. None of that PL garbage.

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1. In a group lvling is fast, not everyone successfully finds low lvl groups.

2. Not everyone has nearly as much time on their hands as you apparently do.

3. Even if they did have the time, not everyone wants to spend all of it on FFXIV. Believe it or not, some ppl have friends, family, other shit they like to do.

All in all this is why ppl need PLVLing. If #1 wasn't a problem there would be no need for it, but since low lvl grouping is just about impossible there's nothing else you can do except wasting every waking hour on FFXIV. No thanks. And the whole "legit" vs "not legit" thing is rather funny considering lvling isn't exactly hard, just time-consuming. If it was actually challenging I could see the point in the distinction, but as of now its utterly pointless since it boils down to the fact that you just elected to waste more time than someone else.


OT: Recipes are in the development stages right now. Why do ppl insist on crying wolf when a game is in the middle of a reconstruction? They are not taking away your options, they are slowly revising all of the options. As a result, there will be gaps like this where there just isn't much. Bear with it.