Why do people care so much about my gear level in pre-lvl50 dungeons?

[Worm]

at this point you would be kinda petty and childish just move on.

If someone deems that behavior unacceptable and reports it I don't see what's so petty about that.

Anyway Arum Vale isn't easy but I think maybe if groups spent less time complaining about someone's neckslot they'd have better runs.

[fixitman]

Vlad, I have level 50 Miner and Botanist but you cant make money with that anymore. And Crafting is a gil-sink you lose more money than you put in and also you need money to craft to begin with...

Crafting is NOT a gil-sink with BTN, MIN, and a DoW class at max level. You can gather everything you need to level all crafts without ever touching the market. I leveled all DoL/DoH together, and spent less than 20K total. By the time I was done, I had over a million gil saved up. It takes work and dedication to do this, but it certainly doesn't take mountains of gil

[Tlamila]

Who cares if i play the game a little differently than others?

Because what you do influences others, and you waste their time entirely. Wouldn't you get upset if someone does Titan HM in AF? But they can play how they want, no?

[OSUBuckeye4]

I'm clearly trying to level up, I'm not here for progression, so why does it matter if i have a level 18 necklace? If you want me to get nicer gear on my alt, I expect you to pay me gil, because I am very poor. Otherwise why does it matter?

Someone who is going to be upset because you have a lvl 18 necklace (and all other appropriate gear) is a moron that you should really pay no attention too.


That being said, what's the deal with people running into 1 negative player, and feeling the need to post a thread on the forums about it?

Newsflash, there are some jerks in the MMORPG world. Fortunately, for every one jerk you run into, you're going to run into 70-80 great people who will constructively try to help you out (rather than flame you).

Focus on the good people, and ignore/block the bad.

[Shirai]

Focus on the good people, and ignore/block the bad.

Sure thing, but it would be better if the TS would even give an indication that he is willing to do something about it.
If you read the first post and every followup by him you see that it screams "I'm too lazy to do anything, carry me!".

Bringing a level 18 piece of gear to a level 48 dungeon because you are "too poor" to buy cheap crafted items a little closer to your level shows nothing less than unwillingness to even try.
Sorry, but that is simply unacceptible.
As it stands right now the game throws so much gil at you that you get bruises, reading "too poor" from someone with several level 50's including 2! DoL jobs complaining about not being able to make money?
Come on!

[Ricon]

If you read the first post and every followup by him you see that it screams "I'm too lazy to do anything, carry me!".

That's what I saw too, it's trash like this that drags the DF down, worse when you get 2+ in one group. Worse still when you still win and they get a reward.

[Worm]

That's what I saw too, it's trash like this that drags the DF down, worse when you get 2+ in one group. Worse still when you still win and they get a reward.

Eh trash might be a little harsh here. We're talking about sub 50 instances. Do you check gear in Deepcroft? I agree with you that the OP has a bad attitude but it's just one piece of gear, being sub-optimal isn't a cry to be carried.

[baopee]

People need to understand that, there is a lot of people never played mmos before they started playing FFxiv, why not take sometime to help them instead of cursing at them?

[OSUBuckeye4]

Sure thing, but it would be better if the TS would even give an indication that he is willing to do something about it.
If you read the first post and every followup by him you see that it screams "I'm too lazy to do anything, carry me!".

Bringing a level 18 piece of gear to a level 48 dungeon because you are "too poor" to buy cheap crafted items a little closer to your level shows nothing less than unwillingness to even try.
Sorry, but that is simply unacceptible.
As it stands right now the game throws so much gil at you that you get bruises, reading "too poor" from someone with several level 50's including 2! DoL jobs complaining about not being able to make money?
Come on!

I thought the OP'er got hammered enough by the community, so I was addressing the topic in general.

I probably shouldn't have directly quoted him when referring to the topic in general, my mistake.


In general, it's kind of ridiculous if you're running a sub-50 dungeon and people are whining about one accessory. None of those dungeons should be dependant on an individual accessory. If that is the case, the group is going something wrong. I easily (as a tank) got from 1-49 with accessories that were ilvl 25'ish (I was constantly upgrading my main gear though). When I hit lvl 50, I went and bought ilvl 50-55 accessories (so I wouldn't be an added hinderance to people running high level roulette)

I just didn't see the point in spending 2-3k on accessories that were going to add 2-3 points of vitality and strength (if you're religiously upgrading) in dungeons that were easy enough for me to tank in my current gear. If my parties were wiping because I was getting 1 or 2 shot'ed by bosses, I'd have shelled out the money. That wasn't the case though. I almost never fell below 1/4 health from levels 1-49. I had exactly one person complain about my gear the entire time. I told them, "okay, I'll look into it after the dungeon". We one-shotted the dungeon in about 25 minutes... I continued my progression and didn't think twice about it.

[LordSaviour]

I'd complain. The whole run. Especially with your poor attitude.