50% of the reason I stuck through the first 9 months of this game...

[Clydey]

People want things handed to them. I doubt there will be any such weapons, since every item that matters will come from instances. Everyone will be running around with the same gear due to the fundamental lack of competition. That is my biggest fear for this game.

[Archadius]

if they implemented this now it would be nice if there were only 2 stages, but then for every lvl cap added add another phase to increase the lvl of weapon. it would suck to go through all that work for a rank 50 weapon and then have a lvl increase.(i don't know if that's how it was in 11 cause i never got that far).

Cap in XI was 75 for like 6 years. That's why getting relics was pretty safe.

[syntaxlies]

Cap in XI was 75 for like 6 years. That's why getting relics was pretty safe.

yea, i keep seeing people wanting relics now which doesn't make sense to me since 50 isnt gonna be cap for long. so if they did add them it would have to be a system that would grow with the lvl caps.

[Zoltan]

FFXI Relics are way too much for this game. If they applied the same obscene amount of gil required (why the fuck does everything always have to be about money and not player skill?) then the only thing SE is going to accomplish is fueling RMT business.

I spent over 7 years in FFXI and never got past stage 1 relic. Most of those years I played FFXI every day for at least 4hrs per day. Relics just require way too much money and not enough actual skill to obtain.

I'd be all for a new relic system if the primary focus was player skill (or group coordination etc) rather than this "just toss 400 million gil at it" bullshit. You guys remember the Maat fight to break the lvl70 cap? That was all about player skill, you had to show him what you learned on your road to 70, it wasn't about how much gil you could throw at him. Bring back stuff like that.

Inb4 I had Maat's cap.

Want to see the stats and what it looked like? Check out: http://www.ffxiah.com/player/Quetzalcoatl/Zoltan

I can 100% guarantee that they will add rare gear that is really hard to get. It's going to take time.

Go back to making crystals Sniper

[HoolieWho]

People want things handed to them. I doubt there will be any such weapons, since every item that matters will come from instances. Everyone will be running around with the same gear due to the fundamental lack of competition. That is my biggest fear for this game.

If the harder instances are made difficult enough, that can still stratify the playing population. I have to question why someone would be against instances. I think beating difficult content makes you special, not winning a claim war. Gear should reflect that.

[MicahZerrshia]

As long as they do not impliment a system like Trial of the Magian in xiv I will be happy. There is nothing more annoying than camping a nm to defeat it over and over and over again, or having ur pet do the fatal kill on birds during fire weather/day 300 times. It is why to this day I have yet to complete a ToM weapon in XI. It is also one of the main reasons I no longer play XI. All the game is now is killing nm for drops for ToM gear or weapons. If xiv goes that route I will loose all faith in SE

[Andrien]

we might make double attack and quadruple attack with use of Materia lol.

[Archadius]

Inb4 I had Maat's cap.

Saw a few of those on the server I played on. Pretty badass. That's gear you earn with time and skill, not just heaps of gil.

Go back to making crystals Sniper

I don't know what this means... Is it supposed to be some kind of insult? I'm not a sniper and I don't spam crystal making... /confused

[Zoltan]

Sniper Rifle is on my server. He's a crafting king.

[Archadius]

Sniper Rifle is on my server. He's a crafting king.

So you quoted me for this? lol

To each his own! XD