Poll: Gear progression, horizontal or vertical?

[Ultimatecalibur]

Which is vertical progression as you are replacing gear with higher level gear. Albeit not every piece initially.

True, FFXI style "Horizontal" Progression isn't true Horizontal Progression.

If your needing to constantly switch out gear. Then that isn't horizontal. That ... is pretty much just vertical with needing different sets of gear.

Horizontal Progression means you can do content with any of the gear available, you just pick which one suits your play-style, trade-offs.

If you have to carry a set of gear for each content you do then its already just vertical progression with more sets of gear needed to do the job, for example gear that is better against skeletons. Now to take on the skeleton raid you need skeleton armor. That isn't horizontal. That is still vertical.

No, the swapping for the situation is true Horizontal Progression. Horizontal Progression is the term for increased situational capabilities from expanded equipment access without increasing the overall maximum capabilities in all situations.

The best example of a True Horizontal Progression occurs near the end of the World of Balance in FF6.
In the Magitek Research Facility you can find a total of 4 swords: Blizzard Blade (108 Atk, Ice element, 25% chance of casting Blizzard), Flametongue (108 Atk, Fire element, 25% chance of casting ), Thunder Blade (108 Atk, Lightning element, 25% chance of casting Thunder) and Stoneblade (117, Neutral, 25% chance of casting Break). All 4 weapons are roughly equal, but, depending on the fight, each can be better than the others.