Request: Remove iLVL requirement for undersized party or pre-made groups

[aesteval]

since they removed an entire currency section that gapped this divide before, without really adding a reliable way of gearing to 170 after fractal/neverreap. You can use centurio seals, sure, but that's not exactly a concise way of doing things, and, is rather limited unless you hunt religiously for a/s ranks. Which isn't a very viable expectation.

Weekly b-rank hunt bill yields 100 centurio seals.
Daily trash hunt bills yield 110 centurio seals.

That's 870 centurio seals without touching a or s ranks.

A full set of 170 gear costs what? 920 seals? How is that not a viable upgrade method? Because it takes a week of play to accomplish?

[Xavikon]

Weekly b-rank hunt bill yields 100 centurio seals.
Daily trash hunt bills yield 110 centurio seals.

That's 870 centurio seals without touching a or s ranks.

A full set of 170 gear costs what? 920 seals? How is that not a viable upgrade method? Because it takes a week of play to accomplish?

I think you, along with most of the other people that are bashing this idea. Never have I, or anyone else really, supporting this idea said that you can't gear up newbies in a relatively short time. What we are suggesting is that if the group is fully pre-made(you and the 7 other people you're entering with understand the situation) why should it be necessary to have the DF required iLVL? You're not imposing this handicap onto some random person who had no say in it. All 8 of you understand and consent to this situation.


Taking this into the perspective of the step-stone gearing approach, why shouldn't I and two other friends be able to take our 4th friend into high level dungeons and gear them up quickly if we so choose? Perhaps we don't want to spend hours grinding middle dungeons for tomestones or XXXX amount of gil on crafted gear. If we are choosing to help that friend by sacrificing our time and taking on the handicap of effectively 3 manning a dungeon, I don't see why we shouldn't be able to do that.