Unofficial Census 2016 for FFXIV

[Bourne_Endeavor]

My philosophy applies to every single thing in the game.

When I spend 40 million gil on the full Thavnarian set I don't do it because I want to feel special and more privileged than other players or feel like I have something that other people will never get. I do it because it is pretty and I want it right now. I don't feel bad that others players get to buy it two or three months later for 40k or less. I didn't even feel bad when other players got to buy it one whole week later for less than half that price.

There is nothing wrong with every single thing in this game becoming more accessible as time passes.

I have never understood people's obsession with needing others endue the same challenges or whatever they did in order for it to feel special. Individual accomplishments are what you make of them. I was absolutely thrilled when I finally crafted my first piece of Ironworks. It wouldn't bother me in the least if they suddenly nerfed it because my personal efforts paid off. When I look at say, raiding. I'm not thinking "oh, this will be so much easier if I wait a year," I'm thinking, "I want to get in and see how many times this fight kicks my butt until I kick it back!"

To each their own and all, but I just don't see what the big deal with things becoming more accessible down the road.

Alt is useful when you've cleared it this week on your main, and somebody ask you to help them with savage. If you use alt (sufficiently geared), you can help them without affecting their loot.

This is a system I wish they would abandon. It's wholly pointless considering alts are an easy enough workaround, and actively prevents people from subbing into other statics if needed.