This patch dropped the ball hard

[Craiger]

Actually no its not stupid. Yes 450 cap was the norm back then and its a bad idea. Supposing you even hit the cap every week, it takes a month just to get the weapon, the chest and the armor. Two, two and a half weeks for accessories, and probably a month more for the rest.

Sure it will be easy to get esoterics tomes when esoterics gear is no longer relevant. Why bother then? Oddly enough some of us want to do relevant stuff

So how do you want it to work then?

Uncapped tomes? that will end with everyone being fully geared in a week, or if they make it a big grind, hardcore players will have it in a week, while others take forever.

You have to think about progression too... They can't just have gear accessible right away, making Savage too easy.

You're talking about how long it takes to get the Esoterics gear, but that's the whole point... You're not supposed to get them earlier, cause otherwise you would see everyone beating Savage way before they release the next raid, making even more players frustrated. I know hardcore raiders beat it early, but the majority of players wouldn't like it, and hardcore groups would beat the content even earlier than before.

[SendohJin]

Because locking upgrade items behind content unrelated is pointless.

Esoterics is all obtained with unrelated content, how is roulette related to any of that gear?

[Gramul]

Well, 2.0 didnt take 4 weeks (mandatory) to gear up one crafting class. While also being locked out of making items for selling, or for friends/fc.

It's doing the same thing it did for other classes in 2.0.
Limiting progression through weekly limitations to keep players from having nothing to do.

It's just another of very very many speed bumps to keep you paying as per usual.

[Emerald_Wyvern]

Because locking upgrade items behind content unrelated is pointless. Has been since ARR, you're doing double the work to upgrade something not related to the content it's behind. It's like getting a salad for lunch, but putting dressing on it requires you to go to the library to read Shakespeare, then you can go buy dressing and put it on the salad. Sounds a bit ridiculous now doesn't it?

I thought everybody did that. Now excuse me as I finish reading Hamlet, my salad awaits.

[Whocareswhatmynameis]

Yep, welcome to fatigue system 2.0 lol... people wanted casual, you got it now. Careful what you wish for.

[Jetstream_Fox]

Esoterics is all obtained with unrelated content, how is roulette related to any of that gear?

Esoterics is viewed as nonraid gear, so it makes sense it's obtained through the roulette. However the item to upgrade it is obtained through the raid. Since you don't obtain esoteric through the raid this makes the process of getting the gear pointless, as we obtain raid gear in the process.

[Arkista]

It's doing the same thing it did for other classes in 2.0.
Limiting progression through weekly limitations to keep players from having nothing to do.

It's just another of very very many speed bumps to keep you paying as per usual.

And this should be changed. Yoshida isn't even giving it a chance.

[AxilyaOryl]

And this should be changed. Yoshida isn't even giving it a chance.

There are many other things that should be changed first, and this is one of the last things.

The amount of tomestones is set like that so the team can appropriately release new patches on time. If you had the chance to earn double tomestones a week, you'd complain twice as fast that THERE IS NO CONTENT BOOO SQUARE ENIX FIX IT WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING.

Find something else to do if you are done farming tomestones.

[Apoptic]

A lot of butthurt in this thread. People complained they wanted an easy mode raid to see the content, and got it including gear. now people are complaining that gear is already obsolete. Guess what, that gear wasn't intended for the progression raiders. I see no reason to complain about it when you knew all along the real gear would be coming from the savage raid.

[AxilyaOryl]

A lot of butthurt in this thread. People complained they wanted an easy mode raid to see the content, and got it including gear. now people are complaining that gear is already obsolete. Guess what, that gear wasn't intended for the progression raiders. I see no reason to complain about it when you knew all along the real gear would be coming from the savage raid.

I hope it doesn't turn into World of Warcraft where everything is served on a plate, and retainers get you savage gear.