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

[Dargoth_Draconia]

Well...so long life to e-peens and bye-bye armory system? This is indeed a shame. Once again this 1.19 just looks like the end of eorzean freedom. I want to see all these e-peen being added and those who asked them so much not even being playing anymore or migrating to one of the other MMOs that are about to release... :/

It could be so simple...a win-win deal by leaving the restricted stuff on NMs and endgame and leaving craft alone...but now seems like craft will also be f'ed up...

I don't know why i still come and read these posts expecting for good news...i feel like those dumbasses that hit the face at glass door every single day and still keeps using that door.



Can i have the original FFXIV released as a spin-off game? I'd love to have a chance of going back to that Eorzea...even if it meant buying a new game.

Why would they leave crafting alone? They have to balance the system to make it all work in harmony. I don't get what you are complaining over though since they said they are going with two options instead of one extreme. There will be some items with level/class restrictions and some without. Unless you read something that I missed somehow.

Personally I don't see how anyone would want to play FFXIV in its original state. It lacked any character uniqueness other than maybe equipping plate armor on a mage and look like a complete moron and that really destroyed the Final Fantasy feel. Final Fantasy XIV at launch did not deserved to be called Final Fantasy anything. You have your personal preference but if you like to play in garbage then go have fun dumpster diving.

The fact is there should only be a handful of basic styles of armors that everyone can wear and use the optimal rank system. Majority of the other armor should be only wearable by certain classes (similar to FFXI), the ability for all armor to be wearable from the start by anyone was a cool idea at first but really robbed the game of having the sense of achievement when you obtain that really special armor.