Quote Originally Posted by Nektulos-Tuor View Post
Give me an example of a set like that, before you say: Nah uh! Because X! You kind of need to provide examples. Especially examples of said gear "You need for a specific encounter."



You don't want it to be truley balanced, classes should be better at "some things" then others, its trade offs.

For example, make Summoner have the same overall DPS as BLM. However its downside is its damage over time and pet management. Its upside is all spells should be instant cast. Those are TRADE Offs. Completely different play-styles.


In most Vertical-Horizontal Progression games, I only had 1 set of gear for everything. I pretty much made the gear towards "My Playstyle" and I didn't carry any other sets. Why? I min-maxed my set to gear towards how I like to play. Most people who carry more bags are not fond of picking a play-style and are unsure of how they want to play. They feel like they need something for everything just to be 1% better. When even though they are statistically 1% better they play worse because its not their play-style.
The bold part is the whole problem...

Maybe you are okay with never having any progression in the gear, but I'm sure at least 90% of the community wouldn't be okay with it... And I know that many people have said they want Horizontal progression, but trust me, most don't know what it really entails and/or just don't know how it will play like once it's a real thing. People might even like it for a while, but then suddenly everyone will grow bored and leave, and I predict FFXIV would've been Free-to-play and nearly dead by now if it had horizontal progression.

I would maybe okay with gear staying relevant forever, IF you have to upgrade it somehow, by doing new raids... That way you keep your gear and special effects, but still have something to play for, and not just glamour.