I feel like raiding is pointless in this game

[PatronasCharm]

I did V2 finally, yeah it's taken me a while since I don't play as much as I can any more with so many responsibilities. But I had no joy or excitement when I finally beat it seeing it took about a weeks worth of practice to do it.. or at least find a party able to get mechanics down.

What makes raiding boring in FFXIV is the gear is just unfun and bland, and you'll literally walk away with nothing... 89% of the time... only to wait until next week to get another chance...

To be the armor is not worth it. What this game needs is more LOOT more variety LOOT!
Give me WOW loot... like I want that loot, to me it's just eh an ilvl upgrade.

[bswpayton]

I did V2 finally, yeah it's taken me a while since I don't play as much as I can any more with so many responsibilities. But I had no joy or excitement when I finally beat it seeing it took about a weeks worth of practice to do it.. or at least find a party able to get mechanics down.

What makes raiding boring in FFXIV is the gear is just unfun and bland, and you'll literally walk away with nothing... 89% of the time... only to wait until next week to get another chance...

To be the armor is not worth it. What this game needs is more LOOT more variety LOOT!
Give me WOW loot... like I want that loot, to me it's just eh an ilvl upgrade.

This I can agree on the savage gear at least for tanks is so ugly its sad, like the tank chest piece is some of the worse lookin gear ive seen in the game.

[Kosmos992k]

This I can agree on the savage gear at least for tanks is so ugly its sad, like the tank chest piece is some of the worse lookin gear ive seen in the game.

This is why I've always said....bikini armor for the win!

[TankHunter678]

Give me WOW loot... like I want that loot, to me it's just eh an ilvl upgrade.

If we had WoW loot I could spam Kugane Castle for gear and tomestones to try for that titanforge +55 ilvl boost and just skip savage raiding for being too much effort for the reward. Then spam the 24 man raid when it comes out for the same reason.

WoW loot is a diabloified joke from last expansion with a new coat of paint now.

[PatronasCharm]

If we had WoW loot I could spam Kugane Castle for gear and tomestones to try for that titanforge +55 ilvl boost and just skip savage raiding for being too much effort for the reward. Then spam the 24 man raid when it comes out for the same reason.

WoW loot is a diabloified joke from last expansion with a new coat of paint now.

Lol I don't mean from WoW, I mean like something along the lines of: to drool over it, something that would get you jumping on your feet in excitement! That's the Wow I mean, I have never felt that wow factor from any of the gear in FFXIV. It's all the same. Some subtitude Direct Hit for Spell Speed, others Critical Hit for Spell Speed, etc. There's nothing unique like:
Hey this RDM Specific Gear gives: A 10% chance to activate Dual Cast TWICE, something big like that! That would be wow to me... FFXI did that with its AF gear, it made it stand out from other gear.

[loreleidiangelo]

Lol I don't mean from WoW, I mean like something along the lines of: to drool over it, something that would get you jumping on your feet in excitement! That's the Wow I mean, I have never felt that wow factor from any of the gear in FFXIV. It's all the same. Some subtitude Direct Hit for Spell Speed, others Critical Hit for Spell Speed, etc. There's nothing unique like:
Hey this RDM Specific Gear gives: A 10% chance to activate Dual Cast TWICE, something big like that! That would be wow to me... FFXI did that with its AF gear, it made it stand out from other gear.

To be fair...WoW gear actually DOES have effects like that, lol. IIRC, YoshiP said they were originally against ideas like gear set bonuses for XIV, but they've recently been reconsidering that stance (which makes me happy). Not sure if they're seriously committed to rolling that out this expansion, though, or if it's going to be a pet project for them to work on along with 5.0.