Required rank on all gear

[Cairdeas]

Princess knows not of this "compassion"

This is a stupid thing to ragequit over. You probably shouldn't play other games that have level locked gear in them then.

WHY THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE WERE PLAYING THIS GAME?

[PrettyPrincess]

Dont know if srs

[Cairdeas]

Dont know if srs

Ignored for Trolling.

The reason we were playing THIS game was because it didn't have all those shitty restrictions all the OTHER games had. Turning this game into just like all the other games why play this one still its no longer special to us.

[Oscillate_Wildly]

Another issue I thought about on the way home from the grocery, I like the system the way it is. Because from NM and raid gear aside, when I switch from my Conjurer to Leatherworker I don't blink out of every piece of gear I'm wearing because it's not tied to a restriction.

Until they can make it so skills AND gear are tied to a class, this is still yet a horrible idea. Who wants to switch a class for 5 seconds to repair an item and find themselves completely nude? It's ridiculous.


I can see this working for 'hard earned' gear from 'raids' and NM's, but for every single piece of gear this benefits no one.

Someone who is for this, aside from the fact of feeling threatened by r1's wearing haubys, what reason could there possibly be for this to come true? Are there no better options? Seriously?
The lack of creativity behind such a thought is...laughable. I've said it once I'll say it again, this team is borderline pathetic in its attempt to 'progress.'

Which is funny because this game is, for a short period, regressing whether people are willing to admit it or not. It doesn't matter that 'things are improving' because for the time being ideas, programs, and highlights are being pulled to be replaced at a later date.

I can't believe they're still going to go through with this. I trust the Dev's response and Yoshida's team has been stubborn on all fronts. Good for them, really, but something like this should be a LITTLE more thought out. I'm upset the devs even responded to something still in process, but from what he says we should be seeing this starting to trickle forth and have already been seeing it in gear from the 'raids.'

Booooo.

[Naylia]

I guess I'll just play R1-30 on any new classes naked cause this is going to be too much of a pain to deal with otherwise.

Crafting - normally wearing R30ish gear. Switch to r22 class -> need new gear. Switch to r17 class -> need new gear. Switch to r8 class -> need new gear. Every time I switch classes to make anything different it'll essentially be an entirely different set of gear. Crafting naked non stop coming soon to a city near you.

[MeowyWowie]

Honestly, I can understand why this may be a game breaker for quite a few people. For all of us, there are certain aspects of the game we are attached to and do not want to see removed.

Me personally, I despise the new claim system. It has the potential to completely break this game for me if it's not handled well. All of the other changes we're seeing I'm mostly in favor of, but the claim system alone is enough to ruin it for me.

Similarly, I can see the same thing happening with this change, as is evident in this thread. Feedback is one thing, but you're highly unlikely to change someone's mind regarding a topic they thoroughly disapprove of.

What we're seeing now is the "drastic changes" finally surfacing, reshaping the entire game as a whole. People are going to quit, because of various adjustments, I guarantee that. Let's just hope that the combination of all of these changes is something that ends up being "good" for the future of FFXIV.

[Griss]

I know I am probably the minority but i always viewed progression in xiv was measured via skill and ability acquisition. Not collecting a pile of equipment. Might just be the old space rat who knocked around eve for to long talking though.

The reason I am sad and a bit upset to see optimal rank equipment fall to the pages of remember when and becoming relics from a by gone time is simple. Its the ease of use that it affords or afforded. Was also one hell of a space saver in my inventory to boot. As time goes by the game will go from logging in and saying, Ok what do i want to goof around on or work on today. To Ok what do i have gear for that I might be interested in perusing.

And before some one comes around reminding us of the radical changes question on the player poll. Yes this was one of the points i thought on while i was deliberating which box to check. I have long since been prepared mentally for it. We all knew or should have known that this change was a possibility if not a probability. Still does not mean i cant be a little bummed that it going down.

So with that said, I think in honor of this change i will don my shiny suit of mediocrity in game no mater the task at hand nor what tools or weapon i approach it with. Stats and ocd reactions be damned.

[Oscillate_Wildly]

I think it's more likely we'll see people running around in weathered gear into their 20's, then keeping that gear until nearly 40, and maybe buying a final set after that.

Ok a bit off topic but I did something like this in XI. Gear was so expensive then that one day I got a Pyro robe from a chest drop while in a party. I had nothing else to wear, because I couldn't wear much else (that wasn't expensive or R/E and unobtainable alone)I wore this into my 60's as a red mage.

People are going to do this regardless of a system with optimal/restricted gear because it revolves almost exclusively around the economy and ease of gaining new gear.

Optimal Rank system had such potential! To have a "Full set" bonus ontop of the already 'optimal' rank, that would have been something to see! Especially with the Harlequin set, imagine the bonus on that, it could easily outstrip crafted gear while still being suitable to interchange with craftables.

If they restrict this too to class like I suspect they will I'll be severely disappointed with yet another 'easy way out' tactic by team Yoshida. It's lazy, and like others have said before it has very little if at all any benefit in the long run.
Along with what I've said before about switching classes and blinking nude to repair an item, and having to put all your gear on again with either macro or by hand, how stupid is that? I can stand it now because for lancer at least it's only 2 items, hand and body, which are easily replaced. But still, if it were for every single item I'd probably go insane.

[Reinheart]

I was OK on some gears didn't expect it was going to be applied to all gear.
Gotta wait to see how devs gonna make their move first so I'll wait and see, I'll leave my feedback after it gets implemented.

[Rubicon]

Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!

AKA No more Barbie Dress Up!!!!

OK, back down to reality: I HOPE they keep favored Classes while adding required Rank. I understand the frustration with gear swaps and having to have a Botanist shirt, a Miner shirt, a Fisherman shirt, etc. when it applies to the same Discipleship. My HOPE is that a R10 Shirt will favor all or a set of classes and your R13 Fisherman can wear the same as your R10 Miner, but your R9 Botanist will have to skill up first!