AF+1 Costs WAY Too Much

[Rydin]

More likely than not, the next gear tier will release before that 5month mark though.

I find your particular brand of faith amusing

[Lux_Rayna]

I find your particular brand of faith amusing

Be amused, but they set a quota for a reason...its a "timetable" for the next content release. 300 isnt just a random # they pulled out of their anus. I'm just using common sense. 300 is the result of mathematics, not picking numbers out of a hat. Now whether they succeed at meeting their timetable or not is an entirely different matter. I have no expectation on that. I do think it is probable though if all goes according to plan.

[Rydin]

Be amused, but they set a quota for a reason...its a "timetable" for the next content release. 300 isnt just a random # they pulled out of their anus. I'm just using common sense. 300 is the result of mathematics, not picking numbers out of a hat. Now whether they succeed at meeting their timetable or not is an entirely different matter. I have no expectation on that. I do think it is probable though if all goes according to plan.

In our many dealings with SE, have you learned nothing?

[Doki]

Hello,

While it might take some time to procure all of the job-specific equipment using Allagan Tomestones of Mythology, we plan on slowly easing the cost of these items as we introduce new content in the future.

I guess the cost will shift right around the time more Coil opens up that offers iLVL110 gear....

[sasakusaku]

And to think, the fans of this game tell me I am crazy when I say there is next to no end game content then they encourage me to simply level all the other classes + gear them up to pass the time! Well at 5 months per to get good gear, I might be done in 4 or more years for those sets! So exciting! /fist pump

[Etgar]

I'm not going to read all the post, but I'm going to assume you know about BC, that has gear as good if not better than AF2(it's af2 btw not +1).
So lets say you're a pally, the shield, chest, boots and neck drop from turn 1. That's 1995 saved, that you can use for the weapon, wrist, gloves and head with 30 myth saved.

[Zumi]

I am guessing what will happen is they will do the same thing that WoW does when new tier of gear and content is released.

When the next raid tier is released whatever is past Bahamuts Coil, AF2 gear will be put on philosophy tomes which you can now get unlimited per week, darklight gear prices will be way reduced. This new tier of gear say item level 120 will be put on mythology, and the new raid will drop ilvl 120 gear. Also they will probably nerf BC and put it in DF for casual players to do now, while the hard cores do the new hard raid.

[NefGP]

I think the OP is saying it's not challenging though.. just time consuming. Given time, EVERYONE will have AF2 regardless of skill level.

Making it take forever doesn't make it any less easy... just cheaply attempts to prolong content that is pretty slim to begin with

Exactly, stall tactics is bad design. Time sinks are necessary to a degree, otherwise people won't keep paying. But there's a fine line and all too often SE seems to cross it.

[Johnist]

You are aware that every 3 months (November, February, May, August) is a Major Content Patch planned, most likely with more places to get Mythology (btw, you get Mythology in BC as well as AK atm. You also get it from all 3 HM Primals).

Since they are releasing another Primal (GKMM-XII) and Extreme of 2 Primals, AND 2 Hard Mode dungeons, in addition to the Crystal Tower in November, I think there will be a vast increase in ways to obtain Mythology, and in fact a higher limit cap than the 300 / week. I wouldn't be surprised if it rises in November.

The Cap on Mythology is probably to keep people from burning themselves out on AK (and allowing other people to access it after that nightmare of the first day of each week's reset).