Red scrip Gear discussion?

[AlphaSonic]

I was under the impression that red script was designed as a casual alternative.
You sacrifice uber stats for not having to deal with favor system and dumping millions of your hard earned gil into the materia RNG slotmachine.

Considering the ease of getting it (like Esoterics it is mainly gated by subscription time not player effort) it makes sense for it to be inferior to the top end crafting stuff.

Unless you meld ilvl 170, is better the ilvl 180, and you would need to meld all the 8 sets. You aren't sacrificing uber stats for not having to deal with favors. You are sacrificing being able to gear all your crafters for not having to deal with favors.

[Granyala]

Unless you meld ilvl 170, is better the ilvl 180, and you would need to meld all the 8 sets. You aren't sacrificing uber stats for not having to deal with favors. You are sacrificing being able to gear all your crafters for not having to deal with favors.

You are not making much sense here.

Melded ilvl 170 > ilvl 180.
You sacrifice stats in order to not having to deal with melds while getting enough to craft current 2*.

"Gearing all crafters" is not sacrificed. HQ170s don't fall from the sky and melding each set is prohibitively expensive.