Why not unlock myth and BC now?

[Ooshima]

I do not think it has been stated anywhere that coil 1-5 drops are going to be unlimited. I think they are going to be a 1 per week lock out just like CT for each turn. So you can farm each Turn for the piece of gear you need which in turn will help you gear faster if you can find competent parties.

No, read the Q&A again, it's full unlock:

Q: Will the difficulty of turns 1-5 be eased? And will the weekly lockout be removed?
A: Since we’ll be adding the second installment of the Binding Coil of Bahamut, which exceeds the difficulty of the first installment, we'll be removing all the limitations on the first five turns of the Binding Coil. The weekly limitation will also be removed, so you can take on the first five turns as often as you like

And in another separate Japanese interview, it is also confirmed that myth tomes weekly cap will also be unlocked. Basically all i90 related content will relegate to Darklight status because they will raise the new item level cap with new set of BC loots, Leviathan weapon and new tomestones.

[Gamemako]

And in another separate Japanese interview, it is also confirmed that myth tomes weekly cap will also be unlocked. Basically all i90 related content will relegate to Darklight status because they will raise the new item level cap with new set of BC loots, Leviathan weapon and new tomestones.

Not likely, as much as you like to read into it. Every single pre-90 dungeon would be fully obsoleted for all purposes except LotA. They would completely destroy all uses of WP, PS, CBHM, and HMHM -- all of them would never be run at all for any reason. AK and HM primals would be run-once for relic quests. Gearing in i90 would take a weekend, and all content in between would be rot.

[Mikara]

Not likely, as much as you like to read into it. Every single pre-90 dungeon would be fully obsoleted for all purposes except LotA. They would completely destroy all uses of WP, PS, CBHM, and HMHM -- all of them would never be run at all for any reason. AK and HM primals would be run-once for relic quests. Gearing in i90 would take a weekend, and all content in between would be rot.

Please remind me how LotA will be useful at all? Also, yes, every single dungeon before it will only be useful for vanity.

[Mardel]

Please remind me how LotA will be useful at all? Also, yes, every single dungeon before it will only be useful for vanity.

I can't think of any dungeon gear that I would want for vanity outside coil/ct >.>; a good majority of it looks pretty lame :"/

[Mikara]

I can't think of any dungeon gear that I would want for vanity outside coil/ct >.>; a good majority of it looks pretty lame :"/

Actually the noble glasses look pretty cool for bard. Just saying. =P

[Gamemako]

Please remind me how LotA will be useful at all? Also, yes, every single dungeon before it will only be useful for vanity.

Fresh 50 to BCT1-5 progression. As soon as you hit 50, you hop into CT, then a Saturday later, you're ready for BC.

[Mikara]

Or, you gear yourself in DL gear, and jump straight into farming T1 (and T2 if lolenrage is still around)for allagan / myth. By the time you have good enough gear you can jump straight to T4/T5 which means you have complete circumvented any reason into stepping into the hell that is currently LotA.

[Gamemako]

Or, you gear yourself in DL gear

Farming the tomes for Darklight takes much longer than gearing in superior and quicker CT gear and filling out the holes with the tomes you got from CT. I get that you hate CT and all, but it just doesn't make sense do something that gives you just tomes when you could do something that gives you tomes and free superior gear.

[Mikara]

Farming the tomes for Darklight takes much longer than gearing in superior and quicker CT gear and filling out the holes with the tomes you got from CT. I get that you hate CT and all, but it just doesn't make sense do something that gives you just tomes when you could do something that gives you tomes and free superior gear.

Except they haven't said anything about removing the lockout on LotA yet (and if they have, I completely missed it). Meaning sure, you can still get 1 free piece a week, but honestly it's still quicker to just pass up LotA entirely.

[Ooshima]

Not likely, as much as you like to read into it. Every single pre-90 dungeon would be fully obsoleted for all purposes except LotA. They would completely destroy all uses of WP, PS, CBHM, and HMHM -- all of them would never be run at all for any reason. AK and HM primals would be run-once for relic quests. Gearing in i90 would take a weekend, and all content in between would be rot.

Well in 3 weeks time you will know. Basically it is not unlikely. And WP, AK etc are already at "useless" stage if you'd like to call it - literally something people just run for quick myths or just for relic quest. Do people farm Primal HM for weapons these days? Nope because you have Primal EX weapons already.

Yes all these contents will be obsolete just like how Primal HM and and WP/AK are obsolete now. They will go obsolete anyways. That's how SE will make them to be. To go T6 you must pass T5, and in order to close the game to allow more players (and new players) to reach T6, SE has to pave the way.

And unlocking BC1-5 and full myth unlock, allowing you to gain full i90 will give you an easier time to clear T5 (with echo buff). Plus having i90 will be kinda the new "norm" in 2.2 - Yoshida already said T6 will be just like how we first entered T1 (when BC was just released) in DL gears.

All in all, SE wants more people to experience the new contents. To do so you need to close the gap. SE can't grant you skills so all they can help is grant you gears and "echo buff". Plus new contents will be much tougher, so entering 2.2 contents in i90 is really nothing new/surprising.