Quote Originally Posted by Dyvid View Post
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Its fine if you like horizontal more, but don't believe it doesn't come with it's fair share of problems. It is a much more unbalanced system to work with. I used a Haubergeon+1 on my Samurai in FFXI for years and the only thing that outdated it was a level cap increase. Vertical may be a safe and linear method, but the developers don't have to go over every piece of gear in the past to make sure things don't get out of hand or what they are releasing is crap.

Despite if people believe it or not, this game does somewhat have slight horizontal like options for gear. You can either obtain esoteric gear to upgrade to 210 or you can get raid gear drops. You can do Diadem or raiding. You can do dungeons or Alexander(Normal). You can do Void Ark. If you want to bring up the BiS argument, just to let you know BiS is just as relevant for horizontal as it is vertical. That won't change at all.

That 3-4 month wait for patches will definitely be longer if developers have to put more work into gear structure with a horizontal system. Pick your poison.