Gear level, the final nail in the games coffin.

[Reika]

Crystal tower will be duty finder. That is the whole reason they put it off until 2.1... I hope they add Winding coils and they Chimera and hydra fights to duty finder at that time too.

Also, Camate, I hope you guys read my concern about NQ crafted gear's ilvl in the item/synthesis/gathering forum... as well as my other crafting thread. It's pretty serious, since you just said that you guys want people going in with the proper defense, but NQ ilvl70 gear is still ilvl70 but lower stats and defense than HQ ilvl70 and darklight. So, you guys need to make some adjustments and start getting more complicated with your gear code, or people will be able to enter content with not as strong as desired gear.

[Kuari]

How is it elitism to expect people to be on the needed level of progression to join a group for certain places. Lets take Garuda for example: You are no help if you're going to get one shot by Reckoning no matter how many boulders are up. Expecting people to be geared for it isn't elitism, its a requirement to complete the content.

[Abraxai]

It's a bit of an elitist system, but I understand it. Having said that however, I tanked Garuda hard mode around 5 times so far, and I joined a group yesterday that disbanded before the fight even began because my item levels "were too low". It's a situation that needs approaching carefully, because skill can make up for a bit of the disparity between level and item level.

Also a bit of diversity with item stats would be well appreciated too. Bit sick of finding a new item only to find it has the exact same stats as the last item, just with a little more. There's no mystery. You know from the get go that the next item equippable has the EXACT same stats, just improved.

PLD armor > VIT+5, then VIT+6, VIT+7 etc.

[Blackweaver]

Just chiming in with my thoughts. I am not an elitist. But when I do participate in duty finder, I participate as a healer. And I've encountered players who are impossible to keep alive because they take too much damage because their gear is way under the ideal levels. So if this helps make dungeons and encounters a bit easier for everyone involved, then I can support the change.

As for elitists, it just makes spotting them easier and can avoid/blacklist them as you see fit.

[Kuari]

It's a bit of an elitist system, but I understand it. Having said that however, I tanked Garuda hard mode around 5 times so far, and I joined a group yesterday that disbanded before the fight even began because my item levels "were too low".

I can't entirely blame people for that though. I've seen groups that while having good skilled people, they got one shot by Reckoning ALWAYS. Healers especially. Fact was, there was no winning in that situation, so when you see people with gear where that situation is inevitable, it ISN'T worth trying, I understand the desire to, believe me, I do, but when those people INVARIABLY WILL DIE, no matter their skill, I can't blame those people. Why try the impossible?

[sharazisspecial]

Omg, no thanks. We don't need a bunch of people begging for Coil to be nerfed.

Coil will be much easier with crystal tower gear though. turn 2 and 3 is already quite easy even with inappropriate ilvl gear for the instance. twins snakes are a gear check dps race.

Coil should be in duty finder...

[Swishytail]

I'd prefer it not to be in Duty Finder. This game will go WoW very fast because people will complain and complain until Coil is
nerfed into oblivion. I'd prefer to keep the hard content hard.

[Gooner_iBluAirJGR]

Good gear doesn't make you good. You can have top gear and still mess up mechanics.

[Kuari]

Good gear doesn't make you good. You can have top gear and still mess up mechanics.

But bad gear can get you killed no matter how much skill you have.

[Vinta]

This isn't a real feature, right? You're lying? Because I'll never get into any content. I refuse to wear gear that takes away the spark of looking like your job that the AF and relic pieces provide.