Level cap increase every 1-2 years.

[Shipp]

plz tell me how is grinding for sidegrades and grinding for upgrades any different?

Because when you grind for upgrades, the sky is the limit, and you're actually advancing. You are not advancing by making different gear with nearly the same stats. Eventually, all of those minor +1 to stats on new gear is going to equal +10, which happened in XI. Guess what? You no longer have side-grades, you have upgrades. If you have upgrades, even with a static cap, you're still making old content irrelevant.

[danny52844]

Because when you grind for upgrades, the sky is the limit, and you're actually advancing. You are not advancing by making different gear with nearly the same stats. Eventually, all of those minor +1 to stats on new gear is going to equal +10, which happened in XI. Guess what? You no longer have side-grades, you have upgrades. If you have upgrades, even with a static cap, you're still making old content irrelevant.

can u give me any examples from FF11 where they purely made a peice obsolete (by that i mean it once had a use and now doesnt not like some AF Peices were shit all the time)
and even if u can give me like 5 peices why would they make those mistakes again in 14? if u have alot of classes u can have alot of side grades

btw i know i cnat convice ppl like u who think u have to lv up to actually think thiers progression just to tell u :| i had a 75 thf blm and rdm on 11 and tbh i was like lv 75 while other elitist who had full relic and everything were like lv 90 (what im saying is even though its horizontal it still has vertical offects even if u dont have to see the level go up)