AF gear - handed to you for dinging 45/50

[Heat]

think of them as the starting gear for the hard mode fights that you need to do after 50.

[jdlswan]

It kinda sux that i worked so hard for mine in 1.0 an now its just like "well here you go" <.< eh oh well, on to AF +1 an relicz

It wasnt really that hard... the hard part what finding a pt to go with you like the mnk af or the drg af. Just about everyone would jump to help you get your Blm af because they didnt want to do that job on the primal HM.

[chumsy]

i dont like end game gear because you cant dye the armors to make em unique looking, so ill most likely stick to HQ level 50 armor, and customize it with materia

[BreathlessTao]

...you know, with the amount of people (several dozens at least, on non-legacy server) running around with lv50 characters less than one week after launch, I'm surprised to see anyone complaining about this and not about how easy it is to "finish" the game, in general.

[Hvinire]

Why doesn't AF require dungeons? Or party bosses? Why is basically "free" full blue armor upon dinging 45 and 50?

After receiving a lot of feedback in version 1.0 about the job artifact armor quests being overly frustrating due to the fact that they were placed within dungeons or at the end of difficult battles, the development team decided to make them easier to earn in A Realm Reborn.

As mentioned, there are definitely more difficult challenges available for players who seek a greater reward for their efforts.

[neorei]

we got what we the 1.0 players asked for.

[Kraggy]

Yes, af2 exists, and is hard to obtain, but why can't both of the AF sets be hard to obtain? Are you ok with everyone walking around with their iconic gear for dinging level50?

Because not everyone feels the need to e-peen or worries how other people get stuff?

Stop thinking the gear your character wears says anything about your skill, when as you admit you rely on several others to get it for you, that's not lolworkinghard.

[thuswindburn]

My lord, do not complain about this. It's already bad enough of a grind getting anything post AF. They throw you a bone, and you complain anyways.

[DivineOracle]

It's not as if you stay in in forever, and gear in this game does not fully equal skill, that's why you have elitist pricks trying to judge people who are trying to do fresh endgame for being in AF gear. THOSE are the ones you need to stay away from. for all you know the AF wielders are more skilled then the people who abused exploits for that darklight, i know i'v seen quite a few of those.

Besides, after AF most stuff better takes alot longer to get, so get used to seeing people in AF often now that you can't abuse AK anymore.

[Sentinel]

As someone that has an almost max level armourer. Kinda sucks, more than being a weaver or LW, since we don't make any gathering armor either (besides the one off helm), and to top that off, they get entry level armor. Really regretting not choosing gold smiting at this point).