i100 and i110 gear no longer special

[Pence]

Very displeased with this update. Feels like a giant middle finger to to entire PVP community.

At least we can be positive on Yoshis stance about PVP play....

[Blubbers]

The gear is a huge incentive for PvPing, but that's not why I do it. I do PvP for the excitement, for the fact that every game is unique and nothing is scripted. The most fun I've ever had in this game was PvPing and just playing is a big reward.

A lot of us have had our i100-i110 gear for almost a year now. It's no longer useful in the new pvp mode and is purely for glamour. It's outdated content so I don't mind that the rank restriction was removed, as now a lot of new people may hop on to start grinding it out. I haven't had a chance to log on, but I'm sure people will still need to grind quite a bit just to buy the gear. Some of these people may decide they like PvPing and stick it out. I believe for the pvp ecosystem as a whole, this was a net beneficial change.

I do think it's a fair point that Fyce brought up that this gear used to serve as a stepping stone on the grind to max rank. It's unfortunate this is no longer the case, it would be great if we got some i150/i160/i170 lower level pvp gear to help fill this gap as people rank up. That being said, new people still have the mount achievements to get (100/200 wins for the horse/ADS) and now have the new glamour achievements for seize. I think there are a lot of incentives to get new people queueing up.

In short, we had our run at wearing some unique glamour gear, but it's been out for quite some time. We've got a lot of new gear to work towards now, as well as some great pvping.

[Guesswhat]

My biggest gripe is that the former best PvP gear is useless now (for new content). This is due to how SE decided to scale things in regards of lvl and ilvl.

Before the expansion I just assumed lvl 52 gear would be... ilvl 52. This whole model is a slight punch in the face for those who spent hours on endlevel content. Imo it would be better to scale end level with new end level while maintaining a linear ilvl for main story. This way your hard earned endgame stuff would feel much more useful on expansion. And previous hard/extreme content would still be relevent both for expansion and the old stuff. As of now I only feel like I wasted my time on some of it *cough*relic*cough*. The lucis where kinda worth it though, as I can get to lvl 60 with it. The ironworks gets obsolete at 55ish. The pvp gear on the other hand is utterly useless from the getgo. Vanity? I couldn't care less. Well, I care in the sense that I will most likely get it when I can, but not for the sake of vanity.

[Hitori]

Well, no matter what the patch notes say the gear hasnt been changed in game.

ilvl100 and ilvl110 still have pvp levels requirements on it

[Cinicus]

PVP group is so small cause the combat in this game doesnt transfer well to a PVP setting. Give me true action combat and watch the PVP community become a driving factor in the game. That kind of a change wont happen but your never gonna see the masses flock to PVP in 14 with the combat the way it is. As so SE knows this and with the new PVP gear needing the highest rank you can still cater to the "hardcore" while allowing the "casuals" to get the old goodies.

[FrozenFerocity]

lol, you're only saying this because you benefit directly from it, kid. You don't have to put in work, so you're happy to be handed freebies. You apparently don't understand that this will leave PvP enthusiasts in the same boat they've been in for months: queue times taking 50+ minutes. Typical selfish idiots coming to defend their sense of entitlement.

Did I actually just get called kid, on the internet, by a super edge lord Dark Knight?

Shave off the neck beard and take off the fedora yo.

[Ocyrith]

Did I actually just get called kid, on the internet, by a super edge lord Dark Knight?

Shave off the neck beard and take off the fedora yo.

Wow, projection and completely failing to actually reply. Amazing.

[Titor]

Did I actually just get called kid, on the internet, by a super edge lord Dark Knight?

I dream of a day when a man is not judged by his class, or his race, but the content of his words.

[Buff_Archer]

They did lower the cost of the i100/i110 gear though. That and lowering the rank requirement to less than what it was I'd be fine with... but what they did was completely cheapen it to where someone who never does PVP can get this for a tiny amount of PVP participation and never go back again. With the i110 weapons being much more suitable for glamour than the new ones above rank 45... which aren't very useful beyond that being only i180... yeah they basically showed they don't give a damn about the hard work we've put in. And you can't even compare it to other stuff that's easier, it's not like you can go get a fully upgraded relic for glamour in a day, but you can sure as hell get the i110 weapons easily, from just a few FL matches by showing up to get your Esoteric tomes and playing without an ounce of teamwork.

[Nanaho]

XD I love all the salt over this, it's absolutely amazing :3 I love watching the PvPer's hold true to their reputation of being salty little punks with a special snowflake sticker.