My Philosophy on Needing for Lower iLevel Gear

[Lemuria]

I guess it just goes to show how unfriendly the community is in FFXI compared to other games. In my books, 'NEED' should be a direct upgrade to existing gear. Glamors and desynthesis come under 'Greed'. If you're rolling NEED and you know full well there's a party member who will benefit more from that gear than you will, then you're a horrible person.

In most cases, people tend to be around the same high ilvl so it's not often that you find people 'needing' dungeon drops. For that reason, I never roll 'need' on anything except for materials (and only because EVERYONE can and does) unless it's going to improve my existing equipment.

Honestly, if you're getting nothing out of it why rob someone else of a potential upgrade? It's just being greedy for the sake of it.

[Kiara1]

I guess it just goes to show how unfriendly the community is in FFXI compared to other games. In my books, 'NEED' should be a direct upgrade to existing gear. Glamors and desynthesis come under 'Greed'. If you're rolling NEED and you know full well there's a party member who will benefit more from that gear than you will, then you're a horrible person.

I think you are only seeing it from your PoW
Me for instance, I dont care much about ilvl, but I do care about vanity. It is my way of playing the game. Collect vanity.
So just cause my playstyle isn't like yours, I shouldn't be allowed to need on something that benefits my playstyle?
You see, this game has much more than gear progression