Anyone else hope the I-level doesn't go up again in 2.4?

[Ryans]

Except the writer doesn't have to keep recalling their books off the shelf to edit it every month and reprint it. They slave away perfecting it and done. MMOS don't work that way.

But it's possible and has been done before. Hell, it's been done in the Final Fantasy franchise already. FFXI had over 50 possible stats on items and the game was pretty well balanced, at least at 75.

If I was a game designer, I'd feel more insulted rather than defended if someone told me not to do something because it would require countless hours to make work.

[ispano]

But it's possible and has been done before. Hell, it's been done in the Final Fantasy franchise already. FFXI had over 50 possible stats on items and the game was pretty well balanced, at least at 75.

If I was a game designer, I'd feel more insulted rather than defended if someone told me not to do something because it would require countless hours to make work.

You call XI balanced? What? Are you in some fantasy world? Or perhaps on a substance some other people might want you to share?

[Ryans]

You call XI balanced? What? Are you in some fantasy world? Or perhaps on a substance some other people might want you to share?

Were there some jobs that were better than others? Yes. Dragoon, for example, was severely lacking. We aren't talking about jobs. We are talking about stats. The stat system in FFXI worked just fine. All of the stats played a part and before they raised the level cap, there was no one stat that everybody had to stack. People had a lot more freedom to decide what kind of stat allocation they wanted and still perform just fine. There is no choice in FFXIV. Your weapon damage and main stat are all that matter. You may think that 500 crit rating you have is raising your dps by a sooo much, but in reality, your damage is exactly the same as everyone else with the same ilvl.

[ispano]

Were there some jobs that were better than others? Yes. Dragoon, for example, was severely lacking. We aren't talking about jobs. We are talking about stats. The stat system in FFXI worked just fine. All of the stats played a part and before they raised the level cap, there was no one stat that everybody had to stack. People had a lot more freedom to decide what kind of stat allocation they wanted and still perform just fine. There is no choice in FFXIV. Your weapon damage and main stat are all that matter. You may think that 500 crit rating you have is raising your dps by a sooo much, but in reality, your damage is exactly the same as everyone else with the same ilvl.

I know how stats work in ARR, thanks. But, no, XI was not balanced.

[Ryans]

I know how stats work in ARR, thanks. But, no, XI was not balanced.

What was imbalanced with the stats before the level cap raise to 80+?