What happens to our iLevels?

[Chukkaque]

Does anyone know what this means for our current iLevels? With the level cap increasing to 60 and likely the end game iLevels being higher then 135, what happens at 51 or even through 59? Can we expect our WoD, BCoB, Poe and Zodiac gear to become useless right away or what?

Im not tring to cause a panic or complain, Im just really curious as to what will happen with gear levels.

[Fenral]

Does anyone know what this means for our current iLevels? With the level cap increasing to 60 and likely the end game iLevels being higher then 135, what happens at 51 or even through 59? Can we expect our WoD, BCoB, Poe and Zodiac gear to become useless right away or what?

Im not tring to cause a panic or complain, Im just really curious as to what will happen with gear levels.

Before someone jumps in with "WoW did this, so XIV will be the same," Yoshida said in his PAX interview with Famitsu that current gear will not be replaced as soon as you hit 51. So while 135 gear will probably be replaced by the time you hit 60, I can't imagine it happening immediately, especially since the MSQ only requires up to 90.

[Yurihyuga]

pretty much the same with any other MMO level 51 gear > all 50 gear. All ilvl 130/135 will be beaten by standard 51 gear.

[Zumi]

pretty much the same with any other MMO level 51 gear > all 50 gear. All ilvl 130/135 will be beaten by standard 51 gear.

Not what they said will happen. You won't replace your 130 gear at level 51, but maybe by 58/59 you will have replaced a lot of it with replacing everything at 60.

[Teryaani]

Before someone jumps in with "WoW did this, so XIV will be the same," Yoshida said in his PAX interview with Famitsu that current gear will not be replaced as soon as you hit 51. So while 135 gear will probably be replaced by the time you hit 60, I can't imagine it happening immediately, especially since the MSQ only requires up to 90.

I'll jump in then and point out that WoW didn't do this. At least not with Mists. It took a few levels before the quest greens overtook the cataclysm (4.3) epic gear in ilvl. Most people were switched out to quest greens and blues by level 88, but it didn't happen at level 86.

I'm in the "around 55" camp for FFXIV as the level most players will trade out their gear. Maybe 56 or 57 for 135 gear.

[Craiger]

pretty much the same with any other MMO level 51 gear > all 50 gear. All ilvl 130/135 will be beaten by standard 51 gear.

Not sure if you're serious or not... but that's not happening at least, like the poster above you said, Yoshi-P have confirmed this is not the case.

I'm expecting the dungeons leading up to 60, are going to drop green items similar to the dungeons we have right now at 50. So they might drop ilvl100 or 110 at 51 or whatever level the first dungeon is available at, and then increase to gear similar to Wod maybe.

I don't think we will replace our gear until we are level 60 and start to spend new tomestone, or whatever ways there might be to get gear. Maybe you can get 130 gear from dungeons at level 60.

I ofc could be totally wrong, but I don't expect the next tomestone gear to be like ilvl180 or something, I think it will be ilvl140 and upgradable to 150

[Stigmar]

Basically they going to start all over again so we have stuff grind for, although I am interested in how they handle the relic weapons as from a long time ago live letter they did mention your relic would always be there it will be interesting if that continue the upgrade process but please no more BS crap like last time recycled content does get a bit boring (just like 1.0 day one) please make it more fun than oh I need to grind this dungeon 50 times till RNG kicks in.

[Fenral]

I'll jump in then and point out that WoW didn't do this. At least not with Mists.

That's what is called "responding to player feedback." Never played WoW past level 15, but I have word from people in my FC that it used to be notorious for gear resets whenever an expansion hit.

I think we can all be glad that FFXIV doesn't feel the need to repeat too many of other games' failures.

[Teryaani]

That's what is called "responding to player feedback." Never played WoW past level 15, but I have word from people in my FC that it used to be notorious for gear resets whenever an expansion hit.

It only took 8 years right? It took 10 for them to finally add in the "No really, I don't want to PVP" flag.

[Virtuso]

I also remember Yoshi-P saying in interviews that 3.1 will focus more on hiking up the ilevel cap. And that 3.0 was focused more on "character growth". Most likely referring to the lvl cap raise. So I don't expect a big raise with 3.0. Maybe just up to ilvl 140 when your already at lvl 60.