Epic Gear/Weapons

[Onidemon]

Any epic gear or epic weapons should be rediculously hard to get. Final Fantasy is ran by HARDCORE gamers, not casuals. I know I don't want it to happen and I think most of the community agrees with me, that everybody and their brother shouldn't be running around with full HNM gear or relic weapons.

There could be different level of epic gear. There could be some weaker, less better looking but still cool epic gear that casuals can go after and there can be super hard to get epic gear for the hardcore. Problem solved!

[Gath]

There could be different level of epic gear. There could be some weaker, less better looking but still cool epic gear that casuals can go after and there can be super hard to get epic gear for the hardcore. Problem solved!

That's way too much like WoW gear style, and last I heard, this isn't WoW. It wouldn't be epic...I mean, yes have some good gear that you can buy, but, have super hard to get Rare/Ex gear. They should just do it like FFXI had their equipment.

Casuals were able to get decent gear, but, only a select group of ppl from the top HNM LSs shine above all others, it gives more appreciation to the gear you get and makes you strive for better gear.

[Onidemon]

That's way too much like WoW gear style, and last I heard, this isn't WoW. It wouldn't be epic...I mean, yes have some good gear that you can buy, but, have super hard to get Rare/Ex gear. They should just do it like FFXI had their equipment.

Casuals were able to get decent gear, but, only a select group of ppl from the top HNM LSs shine above all others, it gives more appreciation to the gear you get and makes you strive for better gear.

It's not because WOW has different level of epic gear that no other mmo can do so. Plus you say this is not wow but then go and suggest we do the same as FFXI... this isn't FFXI-2 either last time i checked....

[Jennestia]

It's not because WOW has different level of epic gear that no other mmo can do so. Plus you say this is not wow but then go and suggest we do the same as FFXI... this isn't FFXI-2 either last time i checked....

It's not XI-2, but both games are Final Fantasy: Online games which throughout the entire series the games built onto each other and while they wanted to make XIV as different as possible, they ignored the basic premise of "evolving from what worked".

[Xatsh]

There could be different level of epic gear. There could be some weaker, less better looking but still cool epic gear that casuals can go after and there can be super hard to get epic gear for the hardcore. Problem solved!

This is what the game needs to do.

Add good endgame stuff for casual that can be gotten with relatively short amounts of work... similar to the abysea imperian weapons in XI (they take a week or 2 to get)

And make the highest level weapons something that would give the hardcores something to work at for along time. The traditional top weapons in final fantasy. Excalabur, Raganrok ect. (They can take over a year of work to get) THe difference being unlike XI they need to keep relics at the top Dmg and effect wise.