Quote Originally Posted by Iromi View Post
As quoted via the lodestone. Now, if I bring anything other then my geared up SMN to a primal EX, or alexander...people ask me wtf am I doing, bringing a gimp job vs a well geared one. Why anyone would do that in any situation is beyond me. There is no doubt about it, the tome system and weekly lockouts contradict the bejeebus outta the armory system.
I don't see why it should matter to people what job you bring to EX primals and Alexander as long as it's capable of doing the content. There's something to be said for variety. My PLD is my best geared job at i196, but I don't always want to play PLD. When I do Alex normal, I frequently take my DRK (i189) for tank credits. Then there's times I don't want to tank or that people that only have tank (or want to tank) go with us, so I'll end up on SCH/AST at i186 or even BRD/BLM at i180. Nobody complains because all of them are more than sufficient for the content we're engaging. Unless your "gimp jobs" are wearing the i160 gear from the Expert dungeons and barely scraping by on item level by wearing the wrong accessories, they really have nothing to complain about.

If you're talking about Alexander Savage, then yeah of course you should be trying to take your best-geared job.