Imperials on the move

[Lac]

I just did a few waves of this, to start it off you get status from the Militia Outrider to be able to participate. There doesn't seem to be any rank/experience points gain of any kind, but at the end of a wave a gold chest appears for everyone who participated. All I've seen form these chests are deaspected crystals of a random amount. Other than those it seems theres a rare chance for gear to drop from the Garleans. I got a Sheepskin Harness (Grey) +3 and a Cotton Cowl +3 myself.

[Sav]

I just did a few waves of this, to start it off you get status from the Militia Outrider to be able to participate. There doesn't seem to be any rank/experience points gain of any kind, but at the end of a wave a gold chest appears for everyone who participated. All I've seen form these chests are deaspected crystals of a random amount. Other than those it seems theres a rare chance for gear to drop from the Garleans. I got a Sheepskin Harness (Grey) +3 and a Cotton Cowl +3 myself.

Where might I find this Militia Outrider?

I'm going to assume R20 camps, maybe?

[Lac]

The ones I participated in were north of Camp Horizon, while there is an invasion going on the Militia Outrider was at (14, 27). Basically right in the middle of everything.

[giftforce]

I just did a few waves of this, to start it off you get status from the Militia Outrider to be able to participate. There doesn't seem to be any rank/experience points gain of any kind, but at the end of a wave a gold chest appears for everyone who participated. All I've seen form these chests are deaspected crystals of a random amount. Other than those it seems theres a rare chance for gear to drop from the Garleans. I got a Sheepskin Harness (Grey) +3 and a Cotton Cowl +3 myself.

You have got to be kidding me... SE gives out +3 gear now.

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Well, at least it is low rank gear. But I have a really bad feeling about this.

just when I thought they introduced something cool (i.e., dynamic quests and Imperial armies), they go and ruin it (by marginalising crafters)

[Spellstar]

You have got to be kidding me... SE gives out +3 gear now.

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Well, at least it is low rank gear. But I have a really bad feeling about this.

just when I thought they introduced something cool (i.e., dynamic quests and Imperial armies), they go and ruin it (by marginalising crafters)

Just because they give a couple of items that are +3 doesn't mean that crafters are gonna be out of business.

Its just a matter of there's a few HQ items you can get as rewards, and there's a LOAD of HQ items that can be crafted.

I hope it hasn't ruined the patch for you. Please don't feel marginalised, I would feel so upset if you were.

[giftforce]

I just have bad feeling about this is all.

[Betelgeuzah]

just when I thought they introduced something cool (i.e., dynamic quests and Imperial armies), they go and ruin it (by marginalising crafters)

You are 5 months behind.

Ever since they introduced the sidequest system it was obvious that normal gear could be attained from NPC's from that point onwards, and was not going to stay crafting-exclusive.

Which was worrisome indeed, until they started talking about Materia.

It's the system that gives crafters the value they lost by having NPC's hand out gear. That was obvious too.

And since it's a voluntary system (you don't "need" materia, but everyone is going to want it anyway) it's a much better trade-off to keep crafting relevant and important.

And that's the gist of it.

[giftforce]

You are 5 months behind.

Ever since they introduced the sidequest system it was obvious that normal gear could be attained from NPC's from that point onwards, and was not going to stay crafting-exclusive.

Which was worrisome indeed, until they started talking about Materia.

It's the system that gives crafters the value they lost by having NPC's hand out gear. That was obvious too.

And since it's a voluntary system (you don't "need" materia, but everyone is going to want it anyway) it's a much better trade-off to keep crafting relevant and important.

And that's the gist of it.

No, no, no. There's a difference between handing out NQ gear and handing out +3 gear.

[Betelgeuzah]

No, no, no. There's a difference between handing out NQ gear and handing out +3 gear.

When both can be applied a materia, no, there isn't.