Improving 330 gear through hunts is a TERRIBLE idea!

[StouterTaru]

Even after pointing out the point of this thread, people still missing it ><

That's because you'll find a serious version of this thread if you dig through the forums right around the time that patches 2.3, 2.5, 3.1, 3.3, and 3.5 came out.

[Ayasato]

Well if you have enough gils you can just buy the materia (or if you're a tank 99.99% of the time the roulette is tank)

[SecretCrowds]

Misleading titles like this shouldn't be allowed.

[LunarEmerald]

Again, 340 gear is useless for non-raider. Susano and Lakshmi can be done 300, and Shinryu EX will probably ask no more than 320 or 330 with the release of 24man raid. The only reason they add upgrade in the hunt is once again to give people a reason to do it because it's so crappy nobody would do it otherwise.

Higher dps and survivability is always useful regardless how difficult the content is. Expert dungeons go by faster when people kill stuff faster.

The statement "340 gear is useless for non-raiders" is factually false.

[Astral145]

I hate hunts ever since it was released in 2.x.... its nothing but a toxic waist dump of negative players. Stormblood started out great... amazing story, job revamps looking at brd and a few other QOL changes. Unfortunately making us run content that is just as boring as fates to just upgrade gear is not cool at all... Stormblood is turning into Heavensward all over again..... and thats not a good thing

[Snow_Princess]

Misleading titles like this shouldn't be allowed.

So people just comment on the title and not read the OP at all? The true reason is said in the first sentence!

[LunaFaye]

So people just comment on the title and not read the OP at all?

You must be new around here. Welcome to the official forums or the internet in general.

[SuperZay]

Again, 340 gear is useless for non-raider.

Traditionally, the best equipment in Final fantasy series was never locked behind tough end-game bosses. You could get the best gear before fighting them because that was the point, why would you need even better gear after defeating them already? We can say the same, it's useless for raiders too unless they want to make subsequent runs easier. But, then again, casuals want to make their Exper roulette easier too so goal generally is the same.

[Ryaz]

At least the hunts are more interesting this time around and even the A ranks have some mechanics to worry about instead of just being a gank fest. That damn Oni Yumemi.

But I agree with the OP. The best MMOs have multiple ways to get the best gear, either a harder, quicker way or a longer, more time consuming way.

[Felis]

upgrade items for capped tome gears from Hunts and 24 man raid?
Nothing new since ARR

TWe can say the same, it's useless for raiders too unless they want to make subsequent runs easier. But, then again, casuals want to make their Exper roulette easier too so goal generally is the same.

Not really. I can imagine that 340 gear is needed for Ultimate Savage.