It's that time again folks! (Tomestone thread)

[Watachy]

Tomestones of Boredom
Tomestones of Repetition
Tomestones of Meh


Call them what you will.

Tomestones of grind
Tomestones of 20minRunOrVoteKick
Tomestones of Facepalm

[Cakekizyy]

How could law and lore be confused?

[Mycow8me]

Wait, what?

I have tried taking breaks but it still comes with a toll. I dont enjoy farming tomes so i just do roulettes irregularly when im not doing weeping city or EX primals. I rarely cap. Combine that with a short break here and there and its very easy to fall behind on ilvl. Some groups dont even want people at the minimum ilvl either.
I couldnt do nidex till 2 weeks after its release cause of the lack of ways to obtain high enough gear. I dont buy ilvl220 gear cause it dont last long enough to be worth the gil and ive only been able to craft it recently thanks to new crafting patchwork, the control/craftsmanship requirements before blocked me. Jewelry i buy sometimes.
Yes in reality its my fault for not regularly caping tomes and taking breaks but i still feel inclined to give my opinion here on this system in hopes of more ways to obtain relevant gear in the future.
Some poeple look at ilvl as a form of character improvement which is fine. I look at it as just another number i have to meet before i can do the content i want to do. Unfortunently with how gear works in conjunction with stats in this game, ilvls are required because the gear determines your characters potential instead of augmenting it. In ffxi you could fight high lvl mobs in basic gear if you had the knowledge and skill as a gamer. The ilvl system and gear in this game is a whole nother issue though.
Currently my concerns are towards limited avenues for relevant gear but all things considered, gear has a short lifespan and putting more development into more ways to abtain relevant gear would just cause more strain on a short shelf life system. Since that may not be the best route, why not create some new ways to get tomes and orther rewards in the process. There are alot of options, aquapolis was a nice addition imo. Some forced spawn monsters would be cool. My tome threads arent meant to be a form of attrition, just hoping to bring some more fun to the tome avenue.

Not gonna lie though, would still like more gear avenues even considering development strains. The short shelf gear life was their choice...

[Twillin]

Im only curious how it translates into the Relic stuff. There is such an Eso grind at the moment for the Atma relic so i wanna know how this will effect it. Like should i spend all the eso's before the change...should i convert...should i huddle in a corner and cry softly. I DUNNO!

(I note this wont be for a lil but still im curious so i dont waste time or dont spend tomes i dont need to)

[Istaru]

Im only curious how it translates into the Relic stuff. There is such an Eso grind at the moment for the Atma relic so i wanna know how this will effect it. Like should i spend all the eso's before the change...should i convert...should i huddle in a corner and cry softly. I DUNNO!

(I note this wont be for a lil but still im curious so i dont waste time or dont spend tomes i dont need to)

Most likely, the Aether Oil and such will cost the same amount of Tomestones as they do now. They may change them in 2.45 or sooner.

Me? I would spend the Eso now since the conversion will most likely be the usual 4:1.

[Twillin]

Most likely, the Aether Oil and such will cost the same amount of Tomestones as they do now. They may change them in 2.45 or sooner.

Me? I would spend the Eso now since the conversion will most likely be the usual 4:1.

Can...can i still huddle and cry in the corner? Cause the oils and umbrite still make me sad :P But your most likely right there

[aesteval]

Im only curious how it translates into the Relic stuff. There is such an Eso grind at the moment for the Atma relic so i wanna know how this will effect it. Like should i spend all the eso's before the change...should i convert...should i huddle in a corner and cry softly. I DUNNO!

(I note this wont be for a lil but still im curious so i dont waste time or dont spend tomes i dont need to)

My plan is to spend Eso when it comes to Umbrite. I don't there will be a favorable change to that cost with the tomestone change. But I am currently hoarding Lore in anticipation of being able to spend Lore on Umbrite soon. As for the Aether Oil? I would just go with the weekly quest given the Umbrite situation. I think I bought 1 or 2 Aether Oil for PLD relic months ago when I didn't have much use for Eso. But I was not about to spend that much Eso on SMN relic given Umbrite.

[LaylaTsarra]

I would spend my ESO's for relic as soon as possible. The relic items are going to develop a conflict again with lore bring good for both gear and relic. Now most people don't really use esoterics to gear up so using them for relic is an easy choice. They'll uncap Lore gear with the new tomes. It was a hard choice last go around cause i had so many roles to gear.

[Twillin]

See the impatient lala in me wants to buy the oil's along with the quest (cause waiting 4 to 5 weeks feels silly) but i know that umbrite is a pain. I kinda wish they give a lil more insight into the future of that stuff instead of "Yeah these wont buy anything anymore....your guess is as good as ours on what will happen"

[Mature]

I'm pretty happy about it tbh. Nee tomes = new gear.

Crafting battle stuff incoming too!