Quote Originally Posted by Physic View Post
gear obtained from defeating an enemy directly shouldnt be more valuable than the materiad ones. And you are wrong, ifrit weapons outclass weapons with 2 to 3 materia on them, which are actually going to be more rare.
So in the future it is likely that the best super drop items will be better than most normal materia gear, Most likely the best of the best gear will be gear crafted from NM parts and materiad. I wouldnt mind some sort of junction system for some materias, or the ability to materialize Raid drop gear, but it would have to have some cost, and at the end of the day not displace every other part of the game, ie materia, gatherers, and crafters, which is who would suffer if pure drop weapons are the best gear in the game.

Far as armor, we still havent got access to all the armor they have developed since day one, and while some are interesting, id say overall most of the sets dont have that much pop, however, the job concept art looks great, and im sure there will be some reskined and tweaked versions combining all of what they have in the game, so you gear problem will probably be starting to be solved in 1.21.

far as the dungeon, i had fun in the low level, havent tried the high level one yet, pro tip, leet parties will tend to kill most the fun of a dungeon if left up to them. Still i would hope the encounters only get better and more entertaining

anyhow you got your reasons, maybe it will be better for you later, if not, well thats how it be sometimes. You got to do what makes you feel good.
I agree with a lot of what you are saying. Except, the Ifrit thm weapon is just not better then adding materia to one. This probably not the case with melee weapons with attack dmg ranges. And also, when I am talking about RARE/EX I specifically mean the ultra rare stuff from end game content. And, imo that SHOULD be the best in the game. It always was in FFXI, it is in every mmo out there. Why not in ffxiv?

And, I truly hope they do get the stuff out, I think the jobs look great to. But, that is months away from when they want to start charging money, which is an issue.