Required Rank vs Optimal Rank

[Seikninkuru]

Because no one wants to get to rank 50 GLA with their cool looking GLA armour just to see some stupid little taru rank 1 CON walk past wearing it too. It's stupid.

No, what's stupid is what you just posted. Why do you care what some level one LALAFELL is wearing when it's optimal rank 50. If the character isn't rank 50 it's not functioning properly.

Between people unable to wear optimal rank gear, build a character to fulfill a role on their own without choosing a class from a list, and the whole progression/battle issues you'd think that most of the people playing this game are mentally retarded.

[MattyWS]

No, what's stupid is what you just posted. Why do you care what some level one LALAFELL is wearing when it's optimal rank 50. If the character isn't rank 50 it's not functioning properly.

Between people unable to wear optimal rank gear, build a character to fulfill a role on their own without choosing a class from a list, and the whole progression/battle issues you'd think that most of the people playing this game are mentally retarded.

You missed my point. I'm not trying to tell people how to play, or what to wear. But the whole idea that you worked towards the goal of being able to wear awesome looking gear, just to find that everyone else can wear it regardless of rank or class, kinda takes the unique feel from the armour and also make the goal of getting to the point where you can wear that cool armour is void.

I do like the optimal rank system as well as the required system, but if anything, you shouldn't be able to wear it 5 ranks above or below the optimal, maybe? Something should be changed about it, because no armour/gear is unique if any random person can wear it.

Also any moron can buy gil from the start of the game(illegally) and take a trip to the market and buy that gear. It's not like the current system makes you work for the equipment.