Why the current weekly cap on i360 gear in most-recent 24-man raids baffles me.

[Vstarstruck]

The idea is basically boiling down to a cost vs. time investment. The Ridorana gear costs you nothing yet will take several weeks to acquire, much like Mendacity pieces. Augmented crafted gear, meanwhile, can be fully obtained in five minutes but costs however much the crafters charge. So it boils down to what you value more, your time or your gil.

This

It's always been like this. Outside of the augmented crafted gear being a new thing.

Yes, always like this, would the world end if FFXIV does something different for once?