In what direction are armor, weapons, and other equipment heading in the future?

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Greetings! This thread seems like a good place to drop another major posts from Yoshida, as it deals heavily on the armor and equipment in FFXIV.

Wow, I really do not like the sound of this.

I'm all for challenges but I really have a problem with how he wants to divide people into hardcores and casuals. And catering to hardcores then dumbing down their content for casuals once they get new stuff seems like a pretty ass backwards concept. Seriously WTF @ the admire statement.

And more crap drop rates? What is with SE and souless grinding? I'd rather be rewarded for my effort, not a random number generator having a 5-10% chance of landing in my favor. Doing an event months after you have it down to a science just for a rare item isn't fun, it's boring as hell.