This patch dropped the ball hard

[Gramul]

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

And it will be changed. Soon as better endgame gear comes out, they'll make a harder way to obtain that and nerf the previous ways.
Same with every other job for every major patch sense the game got renewed. It's how linear progression MMOs work.

[Lisotte]

Would you prefer it if SE just handed you gear on a silver platter?

[Balipu]

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.

Yep. You get upgrades to esoterics as well as gear that is at least as good as upgraded esoterics. Why not maybe make savage gear 220 and give the eosterics upgrade to stuff somewhere between story and savage. like the new 24-man

[SendohJin]

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.

the process of getting which gear pointless? most raid groups that are not Lucrezia are going to need Eso weapons to pass DPS checks in Savage and they are going to need upgraded Eso gear + Savage gear to clear A4S.

[Terribad]

Well this game basically hands you gear for logging in. They aren't going to make the cap bigger it's either this way, have more gear options (horizontal progression), or RNG (Which I honestly prefer but that's just me).

[SythSynner]

I don't know where to begin with this, it's almost like they didn't learn. Nobody wants a 450 cap limit that takes month to gear toward, subsequently not everyone wants to do the hardest content available to upgrade said gear. With the fact that 190 gear JUST came out 2 weeks ago no one is even fully geared with that yet, the game is too flooded and too restricted in my eyes to be enjoyable. I don't know how anybody else feels, but to me this is a subscription breaker.

Sounds like you are not the MMO person you think you are. If this is a sub breaker for you why post about it? Just quit, no one will even notice you are gone. SE, FC, Friends... no one.

[Kaedan]

I can see we have a LOT of players here that weren't around when the weekly cap used to be 300...

[Kazrah]

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

inb4EorzeanPandaren

[Arkista]

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.

Adding 50 tomes to the weekly cap wouldn't take away from things that need to be changed. The weekly cap is set to 450 because Yoshida thinks it will keep players subbed longer. If we could earn twice as much per week, I would be ecstatic. I would never complain that I have nothing to do. I do have other things to do after I farm Tomes, but that doesn't change the fact, that things should change.

Also making the weekly cap 500 a week only takes a week off of grinding. All it does is allows players to buy a 495 piece in a week and not two.

And it will be changed. Soon as better endgame gear comes out, they'll make a harder way to obtain that and nerf the previous ways.

This isn't a change, that is what we've always had since 2.0. Every other patch they make it faster.

I can see we have a LOT of players here that weren't around when the weekly cap used to be 300...

I was there and it was crap and it still is.

[Aeyis]

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

I remember getting a Warforged Mythic chestpiece off HM's last boss(BiS secondaries), before Mythic was released. Good times.