armory system useless? Mythology Cap

[Sayura_]

You don't have to use mythology tokens to gear other jobs. Having the best gear for every job end game is unbalanced and ill-thought and has more negative aspects than any positive. Using Darklight and crafted gear is more than capable of at least taking down Turn 1-4, which you can farm for other gear on if that is how your FC rolls. Just because the armory system gives the option of letting you play multiple class/job's doesn't mean the developers had the intent of having you play each one. Yoshida has been quite vocal on encouraging you to focus on a main job and using the armory system to further improve on it. You really only look at what is on the outside of the box with the armory system. The current system is fine.

If you don't play your alts, please tell me WTF we're supposed to do.

[Velhart]

If you don't play your alts, please tell me WTF we're supposed to do.

Think you missed the point. It doesn't persuade you to not explore other jobs and gear them, but as you can see how it is set up, they do ultimately want you excel in a particular field. What is great about the armory system is you can switch around decide to start making a focus on another job. Like if I am DRG and decided I don't want to gear up a DPS anymore and rather focus on a tanking job instead, I have the option to do so. Sure I may set myself back a bit, but it is better than having to level a whole new alt all together.

[ashikenshin]

I leveled a tank, a healer and a melee dps. Im going to work on archer as a ranged dps and black mage as a magic dps. When I feel like I need to have hectic gameplay I play tank. When I want a more relaxed experience I play healer. And when I feel derp I play melee dps. I'm gearing them all (not going to coil yet) and don't think I'm setting myself back. Besides from what I hear for turns 1-4 all you need is DL and your relic. Come 2.1 and I will get to put more myth gear on my jobs!

[Casper]

Think you missed the point. It doesn't persuade you to not explore other jobs and gear them, but as you can see how it is set up, they do ultimately want you excel in a particular field. What is great about the armory system is you can switch around decide to start making a focus on another job. Like if I am DRG and decided I don't want to gear up a DPS anymore and rather focus on a tanking job instead, I have the option to do so. Sure I may set myself back a bit, but it is better than having to level a whole new alt all together.

This is all a freacking joke. Go do turn 4 with all player in full 70 (no relic +1, no allagan, no mytho gear). Would be hilarious to see how you do it. Answer: you don't, because it is a gear check.

Also, the hell i am not supposed to be able to play all my jobs equally ? Especially when contents get stale (let's face it: it is currently), having the ability to progress on alts is just the perfect thing to allow people not to get bored.

[firepixiedarien]

Why would you do Crystal Tower when it drops inferior gear?

Why would you run Beastmen dailies for Tomes when 8m WP runs are more efficient?

Why would you do Coil when 8m WP runs gives the same ilvl gear?

Why do I sit in front of my computer arguing this with so-called "hardcore" people like you guys?









....FOR FUN, PEOPLE. JESUS CHRIST.

[Lady_Venus]

I love how you get direct feed back from the producer himself ^_^ usually that doesn't happen. as for the new additions in the new patch i love all of them.


and i usually get too excited and feel pretty happy about something then when its here i realize that i miss understood and it wasn't what i thought and tears start to go dowwn ;_; so.... please tell me i understood this part right!!

Housing

- Build and furnish a home with the aid of Eorzea's crafters and gatherers, or use your own skills to do the same.

so so you saying that i get to furnish my own house now!? like decorate it and choose the chairs the bed the curtains and everything!? and maybe maybe i can invite my friends in to see it?! please please tell me i got this right >.<
i love decorating!

[Starlord]

Why would you do Crystal Tower when it drops inferior gear?

Why would you run Beastmen dailies for Tomes when 8m WP runs are more efficient?

Why would you do Coil when 8m WP runs gives the same ilvl gear?

Why do I sit in front of my computer arguing this with so-called "hardcore" people like you guys?









....FOR FUN, PEOPLE. JESUS CHRIST.

I know, everything has to be for Progression ( which is fine) but how about doing content for the fun of it? Or For Vanity Gear for the future.

[Zezlar]

This is all a freacking joke. Go do turn 4 with all player in full 70 (no relic +1, no allagan, no mytho gear). Would be hilarious to see how you do it. Answer: you don't, because it is a gear check.

Also, the hell i am not supposed to be able to play all my jobs equally ? Especially when contents get stale (let's face it: it is currently), having the ability to progress on alts is just the perfect thing to allow people not to get bored.

Really? because I did it just fine.

skill > gear and that's even the case for turn 5, but most players don't want to admit it.

[Velhart]

This is all a freacking joke. Go do turn 4 with all player in full 70 (no relic +1, no allagan, no mytho gear). Would be hilarious to see how you do it. Answer: you don't, because it is a gear check.

Also, the hell i am not supposed to be able to play all my jobs equally ? Especially when contents get stale (let's face it: it is currently), having the ability to progress on alts is just the perfect thing to allow people not to get bored.

We beat Turn 4 just fine with players who just have Darklight and base relic.

Technically you can gear all jobs equally. Rather you find it a viable route or not is up to you.

Really? because I did it just fine.

skill > gear and that's even the case for turn 5, but most players don't want to admit it.

Not necessarily, gear and skill is on a 1:1 ratio. On Turn 1-4 at least, it was built to be able to be taken down with ilvl70-80 gear.

[Osicat]

The simple question remain.


What do patch 2.1 accualy give in progress for ppl who capped out in i lvl 90 gear?

As I see it give.... nothing.

The devs give a wery nice answer about different path of progress, but fact is. The game have no progress after your reached i lvl 90 gear, the new patch 24 man raid is accualy usless for the i lvl 90 capped players as there is no reaon at al to play it as it give inferior gear. Neather is the new ways to give mytho T,s as if you already capped in gear they have no value.

What is needed is not new ways to gain i lvl 90 gear or even worse, its ways to accualy progress and get higher lvl gear.

Why in the world do they intruduce a lesser raid and lesser drops several months after release?

I guess we will see all raids in 2.2 with i lvl 70 drops only...