[dev1081] achievements - opting out

[Elexia]

This happened in FFXI as well with having all +1 gear and /NIN sub with Utsusemi: Ni and whatever else have you. People being elitists is not something that was introduced with Gearscore or Achievements, it was always there and will continue to be there in any system.

Gearscore took it quite a bit further than XI did. XI was more on the "friendly" side because the only time you "needed" +1 or HQ gear is if it actually has stats over the NQ version, e.g:

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Alumine_Haubert

vs it's HQ version

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Luisant_Haubert

Then you have the people who want to be as efficient as possible and try to push it on everyone else even though that extra 1 str for 82,900,999 won't do a damn thing but yeah as said that exists in every MMO.

[Wolfie]

Gearscore took it quite a bit further than XI did. XI was more on the "friendly" side because the only time you "needed" +1 or HQ gear is if it actually has stats over the NQ version, e.g:

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Alumine_Haubert

vs it's HQ version

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Luisant_Haubert

Then you have the people who want to be as efficient as possible and try to push it on everyone else even though that extra 1 str for 82,900,999 won't do a damn thing but yeah as said that exists in every MMO.

No, sorry, the elitism in FFXI was much, much worse. Entire classes were shut out from playing, meripo parties were full of a-hole elitists, and people DEMANDED that you have top tier expensive items the moment you were able to equip them (see: haubergeon, SH, etc.). The majority of people in the LSes I've been in had to take a solid 2-3 weeks off from leveling at the level 30 and 50 mark to grind out the money they needed to buy their sniper rings and haubergeons, or their +rest MP gear and elemental staves or whatever. And god forbid you didn't have the current flavor of the month, top notch food when you joined a party.

At least WOW's gearscore elitism didn't require people to grind money for a solid month before they'd be able to participate in anything.