Is FF14's tome system and endgame horribly flawed?

[Fevelle]

This is called gear distribution. They need to have a system to reward good gears to players that do not raid/don't do hard content.

[Ultimatecalibur]

I do not think the Esoteric tomestones were the problem. I think is was more the 65 ilevel endgame jump with 3 separate farm periods (4 weeks Law, 5 weeks Alex(NM), 13 weeks Eso), 2 of which as you pointed out are repeating previously completed content.

In my opinion there should have been a 4th level 60 dungeon (tuned for i142 to i150 and paired with the Aetherochemical Research Facility) in 3.0 and Neverreap and The Fractal Continuum should have been delayed until 3.05.

[Starbirth]

This is called gear distribution. They need to have a system to reward good gears to players that do not raid/don't do hard content.

Yes it should. And that's why we have caps. You can choose: spend time or do the hardest content. The rewards will be the same, the routes, different.

If one takes a route through a grass field; gets rewarded with mountain climbing gear and then decides to climb a mountain then what do you think the outcome will be?

[Azazua_azura]

If one takes a route through a grass field; gets rewarded with mountain climbing gear and then decides to climb a mountain then what do you think the outcome will be?

all that is subjective. What if the grassy field requires more work or energy then the moutain climb?

[Starbirth]

all that is subjective. What if the grassy field requires more work or energy then the moutain climb?

Your saying a grassy field can be more difficult to traverse than a mountain?

Just checking...

Let's assume the field is made of grass and the mountain has no pathways; meaning you need rock climbing gear.

[hagare]

Your saying a grassy field can be more difficult to traverse than a mountain?

Just checking...

have you seen Jurassic park 2? xD

[Moonleg]

Your saying a grassy field can be more difficult to traverse than a mountain?

Just checking...

Let's assume the field is made of grass and the mountain has no pathways; meaning you need rock climbing gear.

What if the grassy field involves running a marathon, and the mountain is the size of your average climbing wall in a gym?

[Starbirth]

What if the grassy field involves running a marathon, and the mountain is the size of your average climbing wall in a gym?

Then its not a mountain...

[KingOfAbyss]

This is called gear distribution. They need to have a system to reward good gears to players that do not raid/don't do hard content.

If it's good gear to help raiders.. what's the point giving it to those that don't raid? *shrugs*

Lots of gear in here are quickly outdated, and serves as glamour only..

[Fevelle]

If it's good gear to help raiders.. what's the point giving it to those that don't raid? *shrugs*

Lots of gear in here are quickly outdated, and serves as glamour only..

It's not written anywhere that it's to "help raiders", even more because "raiders" as in "the ones who do Savage" are minority in this game. Gear is for gearing your character, for the purpose of whatever content you want to do, needed or not.