Gear Progression Continues to Make Little Sense

[Ultimatecalibur]

That may be how some people choose to distribute the equipment, but there is nothing indicating such behavior is an intended consequence of the content design. Alex gear can be acquired slightly faster, to a point. The main body from Alexander takes a month to save up for, which is more than even the esoteric weapon. The end game isn't made with the multiple job system in mind. If anything, it resembles the gearing systems of games that have only a single job per character.

It take 5 weeks to fully gear a role (Tank, Healer, Caster, Ranged, Dragoon, Monk, Nin) in i190 using the optimal collection pattern. It take 13.3 weeks to fully gear 1 class in i200.

You can gear up 8 classes to i190 through Alex NM in roughly the time it takes to gear one class to i200 with Esoterics.

We also do not know what ilevel the 3.1 24 man will give. It could be i190 or i200.