Quote Originally Posted by Intaki View Post
This already exists. Your problem is that you don't like the variety that has been offered.
This has been debunked umpteen fucking times already.
After reaching 60 and hitting your stride, besides Alex Savage and Esoterics capping there is literally no other form of valid Battlecraft progression. Crafting is its own thing and is so exclusive, limited in utility and disproportionately expensive it doesn't factor in here besides for the likes of Lucrezia and Elysium.

Quote Originally Posted by TheUltimate3 View Post
And that is the big issue. How to make a grind that doesn't feel like a grind, because lets face it, there is no way you can make content that lasts x amount of months and make it not a grind.
Again, this is an issue SE needs to resolve.
And when I mentioned gear procs and whatnot those should ideally be available through means other than dungeons. Like Gold Saucer gear for example. Say there's "Godbert's Gloves of Healing" that give "+10% HP restored when using Cure II/Adloquiem/Benefic II". Make them cost 150,000 MGP, add in the aforementioned Battle Arena/combat GATEs and BAM, there's something for WHM and AST-players to do in their spare time.