Gear Progression after 2.2

[Zell]

Personally I do not, but my point was, its not quite a good move from Devs because.. whereas im past that content.. a new person who jumps in the game a year or two out wont even have that content to do because it will be irrelevant. Content should not become irrelevant to new players.

If it does not become irrelevant, that means a new player will have to complete everything to catch up. It might take them 6 months... and that's a turn off for new players. It's hard enough joining a new game, but then being asked to do the content people were doing 6 months ago as a requisite for catching up is a mistake.

I think that was one of the worst parts of FFXI in the beginning. It was too gated.

[Morticous]

yeah but now your saying the worst part of FFXI was that there was stuff to do rather then being short and easy.. and that its better for the game to be short and easy and have less stuff to do. I disagree. A fun game to me has stuff to do beginning middle and end.. and if that means over time there is more and more and more stuff to do.. then thats a plus.. nobody is requireing you to have the BEST gear to finish the story line.. but if you want to have the BEST gear to do the harder side type content.. then the extra content is there to do it.. and should take effort to do..

technology should not hold its value as new technology replaces it.. but content should not be replaceable and therefore should maintain its value. They are apples and oranges.

[Ptolemy]

If it does not become irrelevant, that means a new player will have to complete everything to catch up. It might take them 6 months... and that's a turn off for new players. It's hard enough joining a new game, but then being asked to do the content people were doing 6 months ago as a requisite for catching up is a mistake.

I think that was one of the worst parts of FFXI in the beginning. It was too gated.

Horizontal progression allows them to play the game equally , the downfall of FFXI during its early days is absolutely non-existent Party tools like the duty finder during the time which made the game "too gated"