Gear level, the final nail in the games coffin.

[CUTS3R]

It's usually people like that who show up to content under geared and expect everyone else to just deal with them. They think that they don't need to gear up to beat difficult end game content, they believe that they are so good at the game that they don't need gear and can do just as well as anyone else who does have gear.

I totally agree, the combination of skill and gear is the ONLY reliable way to assess a player efficiency.
Anyone saying he only needs either of those is just wrong, period.

No matter how good you can be dressed in underwear and using a wooden plank, if you're in middle of a war it will never beat a body armor and a rifle. Im being metaphorical here but Its pretty much the same on FFXIV ( or rather every MMOs )

Anyway, as long as the gearscore system is not so different from the CR system from DCUO ( the only other MMO on PS3 ) i will be happy.