"Perks" would do soooo much for this game

[MasamuneBranford]

People would still figure out which is considered BiS, and pretty much everyone would only do the required things and ignore all other "branches".

Also, I personally don't like the game forcing me into content I dislike. The nice thing about FFXIV is that it is built like a theme park - whichever ride I enjoy, I can only ride on that and still get a great experience out of it.
I don't want to be forced to have to do hunts/crafting to obtain vastly better gear ("better" as in "considered better by those people who learn through mathematical testing which skills, stats, etc. are best for each and every situation"). I wouldn't consider a game enjoyable that forces me into content I hate.

Regarding your first comment - there can be BIS depending on the situation. Maybe gear earned from PvP would be better suited for a second raid boss and gear from tomestones would be better suited for the first raid boss. Your remaining comments (the themepark aspect) are definitely valid and something any developer would need to pay attention to.

[Slappah]

Regarding your first comment - there can be BIS depending on the situation. Maybe gear earned from PvP would be better suited for a second raid boss and gear from tomestones would be better suited for the first raid boss. Your remaining comments (the themepark aspect) are definitely valid and something any developer would need to pay attention to.

I would rather not have PvP gear be bis for a certain raid boss

PvP gear should be PvP and pve gear should be pve

[Delily]

Regarding your first comment - there can be BIS depending on the situation. Maybe gear earned from PvP would be better suited for a second raid boss and gear from tomestones would be better suited for the first raid boss. Your remaining comments (the themepark aspect) are definitely valid and something any developer would need to pay attention to.

Never make PvP dependent on PvP, that's a setup for a disaster. Also, we already have an inventory crunch, this would just make it worse.

[Cheraa]

Regarding your first comment - there can be BIS depending on the situation. Maybe gear earned from PvP would be better suited for a second raid boss and gear from tomestones would be better suited for the first raid boss. Your remaining comments (the themepark aspect) are definitely valid and something any developer would need to pay attention to.

No, just no.
We already have big issues with inventory space and now you want us to have specific Items for just one Boss?

No, thank you!

What I would like is a complete change of Materia. No longer any +Stats on it but active and passive perks.
Every Armor and Weapon gets one Materia Slot and there would be different perks like:

- When hit, x% chance to gain a 1k Absorb Shield (Armor)
- When hit, x% chance to poison the enemy (Armor)
- Attacks have a chance to replenish Health / TP / Mana (Weapon)
- Attacks deal Frost/Fire/Holy/etc. DMG on hit (Weapon)
- Attacks have a chance to Stun for x Seconds (Weapon)