Simplicity over complexity, time to change.

[skaterger]

This is what i want to see, my opinions are just opinions, we are here to see what the player-base wants, i think we all agree in one thing, this game is not perfect, and part of this imperfection is the simplicity of the game.

You think the gear progression is fine, but there is not real horizontal progression, in the end all that matters is ilvl, there's not real choice, we have 2 sources of gear, soldiery and HA, only these can be upgraded and most ppl will just get the easy route because, well the hard one is too hard and the difference is minimal. I don't think a wide range of gear is going to work, not with an ilvl system, but mya be adding more sources of gear and specialized stats will give us more freedom, real choices, there will always be min/maxers, but most ppl will just gear the way they feel more comfortable to them.

We can have horizontal gear progression w/o having an annoying number of sets.

Although I did not play 1.0 and ffxiv, I read about the gear swapping and how some skill sets compliment with certain type of gear, thus needing to farm 1 type of gear specifically. While that might give an illusion of choice it does not fit in with the ffxiv system

1. Combat in ffxiv is fast paced and fluid (though still slower than other mmos with a 2.5s gcd), having to keep swapping gear kills the flow of combat. Unless you want to go back to 1.0 style combat, I don't see how it can coexist. I remember having over 6 sets for my magnus exorcimus priest in Ragnarok Online and it was more of a chore than anything. It is an archaic system that should never see the day of light

2. By having gear that can be relevant for 2-3 years after its introduced, it will totally kill vertical progression. Imagine a trinket that boosts a certain skill by 20%. It might be better than trinket drops from the next 3 raids. Best gear should always come from raids. You can have alternative side grades, but not better than the one from end game content. This is a basic rule for any raiding endgame.[/QUOTE]

I don't see how.

If I didn't read your OP and know better, you sound just like http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...dying-steadily!