SE, Please do somthing about the boring gear stats.. Please just read first...

[Kaurie]

People will be elitist no matter what.

I play the game to have fun, not to dodge elitists. Please introduce systems based on having fun, not dodging elitists.
Parsers? Yes. Interesting gear modifiers? Yes.

You know, if you really want to get rid of elitists - get rid of all gear levels, get rid of all jobs, give everyone 100 defense, no gear or armor obtainable, no weapons and have everyone have 1 skill that does 100 potency damage. Make sure that you add no mechanics to the fight, because if someone fails the mechanic, an elitist person may yell at them. Instead have everyone stand perfectly still and press 1. Please balance so no one can take more damage then they are giving out, because if we wipe then people will be elitist.

[Kona_Nightwind]

Adding more stats is a terrible idea, it adds nothing to the game. As of right now outside of Acc the secondary stats are meh. I do like the idea of bonuses on gear sets and weapons. Have gear you buy with tomes have normal stats only, but gear dropped by raids/primal have bonuses. It helps give new flavor to each class ever tier. Like Ravana ex weapons could have a chance to proc 1000 butterflies that come down and distract all the whiners on the forums.

[Kaurie]

Adding more stats is a terrible idea, it adds nothing to the game. As of right now outside of Acc the secondary stats are meh. I do like the idea of bonuses on gear sets and weapons. Have gear you buy with tomes have normal stats only, but gear dropped by raids/primal have bonuses. It helps give new flavor to each class ever tier. Like Ravana ex weapons could have a chance to proc 1000 butterflies that come down and distract all the whiners on the forums.

How does adding stats add nothing to the game? This isn't about adding something like determination, but more like adding a weapon that heals for 0.5% of damage dealt, or an armor that has a 2% chance to proc blind when hit, or boots that make you run 5% faster etc.

Additionally, Crit is meh? Nope.

[Deathgiver]

Gonna leave this here

1.23 AF and Relic gear bonuses

BRD
relic weapon
AF armor

WHM
relic weapon
AF armor

PLD
relic weapon
AF armor

DRG
relic weapon
AF armor

WAR
relic weapon
AF armor

MNK
relic weapon
AF armor

BLM
relic weapon
AF armor

Some of these pieces of gear stayed relevant even as base stats went up thanks to the bonuses on them. I'm all for a reintroduction of these type of bonuses.

[Marcux]

Or boots that make you run 5% faster etc.

I have those boots! lol, but they changed the bonus from 1.0 to 2.0, now it extends the duration of sprint in cities, before it used to make you run faster in cities..

http://xivdb.com/?item/3744/Hermes%27-Shoes

[PetiteMalFleur]

Plz no. They removed this system from the game because it was too much for everyone to have 3 sets of gear for every class that is situational to the encounter.

[Marcux]

how it it situational, lol just increase the next gear ilevel to more damage than the anything the previous would have given. Now, the old set is never needed.. You can add bonus's to items that can be overwritten by better gear you know..

[Hypie]

Sorry that i do it but...look at World of Warcraft.

They have these "Tiered Sets" which give you a boon to certain Skills and all. Just make something like that but weaker and Ppl will still exchange older Stuff for the newest one because the stats are better.

[Kallera]

I feel like materia could have filled this hole, but the limits they place on it now , combined with having only a use on crafted gear, make it only helpful for doh and dol.

It'll change the community if included for DoW. For better or worse i can't say. But i sure miss making gear that beats AF to hell. (1.0 crafting )

[Marcux]

Sorry that i do it but...look at World of Warcraft.

They have these "Tiered Sets" which give you a boon to certain Skills and all. Just make something like that but weaker and Ppl will still exchange older Stuff for the newest one because the stats are better.

Exactly, this guy gets it..