Gear level, the final nail in the games coffin.

[Kaedan94]

OP, you make ZERO sense.

Item level has been in the game since release. Why are you just complaining about it now? Because Endgame dungeons queues are going to have a minimum item level? That's a necessity.

The behavior you're whining about occurs in every MMO regardless of having gearscore, item level or nothing. FFXI was EXACTLY THE SAME. The people who took the game more seriously than others would require that you had top level gear for content. If you showed up to a Dynamis or Salvage with crappy gear, you were kicked by those people. Nothing is different, and FFXI didn't even have item level.

You literally do not have a point.

[Xaphire]

The people who took the game more seriously than others would require that you had top level gear for content. If you showed up to a Dynamis or Salvage with crappy gear, you were kicked by those people.
You literally do not have a point.

I went back to FFXI for a month between phase 2 and phase 3 testing, and this is absolutely true. Delve groups wouldn't bring people without the L90+ relic weapon along with good gear. I know it wasn't as hard to get anymore, but from what I read the SoA content was actually difficult and required good gear to do effectively.