Your predictions for 4.0!

[Vexander]

I totally disagree with what you said right here. This only thing stops me to even care about the gear because it will be obselete ( if not already by the day the patch comes up ). FF XIV is a rich game but its balance his horrible :/

So would you be happier if the gear upgrade was at the start of the expansion and there was no possible way to get better gear at all until the next expansion?

[Jandor]

So would you be happier if the gear upgrade was at the start of the expansion and there was no possible way to get better gear at all until the next expansion?

I'd probably be happier if I got gear at the start of the expansion and then upgraded it with stats and bonuses of my choosing over the course of the expansion.
Think relic armor but closer to tomestone grind than relic grind though.

It could even be better for keeping people playing, hit your upgrade cap for the week? Work on an alt set, something purchasing with tomestone currency prevents at the moment.

[Teryaani]

So would you be happier if the gear upgrade was at the start of the expansion and there was no possible way to get better gear at all until the next expansion?

I'm with Jandor. I'd rather be able to upgrade my stuff as we went. The gear treadmill isn't encouraging me to play and stay bleeding edge. Oh, it works for that at first. But after a few patches where your tometone gear is rendered obsolete by the next patches dungeon gear, I stop wanting to do it.