What's the point of R50 Gear...

[Belial]

@Belial
The rank 50 raid items are far from "the best".
And between Rank 45 and Rank 50 is only the 5 Rank difference, which of course is something, but it should be more than that. Why not stop at Rank 49 than? The difference between rank 49 and 50 sure isn't significant.

I never said they were the best. However, certain ones are certainly better than other options available, you can argue that if you want, but I'd suggest we go to battle mechanics and talk about parsing certain gear types to see what is actually more efficient. Why should it be more than that? Nowhere, ever, once, did SE state that the 50 cap would involve any endgame content. This game was never designed for people to sit at 50, so expecting something that was never promised is asinine. Whether or not you have no drive to rank to 50 is moot, your argument stated that there was no point, and there is, efficieny, skills, etc.

We also have different opinions on how games should be designed. For me it's perfectly normal that the BEST Gear has something elitist to it.
I played FFXI for over a year and never reached the level cap and had still a lot of fun and i enjoyed it simply if a Level 75 player walked by on me, wearing a relic weapon or an AF2 set.

But... that doesn't explain why gear should have elite properties to it? You're just saying you had fun playing a game casually. I have fun playing Team Fortress 2 casually, but that has nothing to do with the subject. And again, the issue of gear being everywhere is being addressed, as has been stated, over and over.

Having gear only certain classes & levels can wear? <- Fine.
"You must have this specific piece of gear to do this specific content/raid/event/instance" <- Not fine.

I really don't know how.
It's perfectly logical that there is something to complain about, if the game needs a lot of work and the players need patients.

I'm all for player complaints. They are helping to adjust certain systems in place. However, griping about aspects of the game known to be under-going tweaks and changes to the overall set-up serves absolutely no purpose.

"I hate this part of the game, QQ"
"It's being changed."
"I don't care, I still hate it. /whine"

How does that fix the game, or better the game, or suggest improvements of any sort? It doesn't.

btw
I had enough motivation to play till rank 50 and i don't feel the way Budi does, but he has a point. If you feel the same way is another thing, but being rank 50 has little to no benefits as it is now.
I have no problem with that, knowing that things will change, but it doesn't hurt to point it out or to simply share your thoughts.

So, complaining about something that has been known (since January, mind you) to be undergoing changes makes a point? What point is that? That you're impatient and refuse to read? If the OP has to find "motivation" to play a video game, perhaps he should re-examine his life choices.