Quote Originally Posted by Granyala View Post
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I feel we agree on a bunch, but are just coming from opposite ends (me from FFXIV to WoW, you from WoW to FFXIV) so have a few different things that we've tired of.

In terms of the gear set pieces, I don't think that increasing power is a bad thing. This can be alleviated by making set pieces part of rewards in raids, no one would require it as a pre-req to enter a static as you need to do the raid in order to get it. You're all grouping together to get those set pieces and progress.

I think set pieces can be made which give you +power without being so mandatory. I mean right now, someone in a 230 weapon can be fine in Savage, but a 240 weapon is sure nice. No one is forcing people to have the 240 weapon though.

Further, set pieces could just make things easier to accomplish, or increase your burst, without making you do (much) more damage overall. I put much in brackets, as increasing burst would likely result in higher overall DPS due to coupling buffs.