More Waste

[Awful]

When you've reached the top, there is nowhere else for you to go. Why pave the path to boredom?

It's not about the path it's the road to the path, if you wanted to craft gear which is ilvl 380 which is on par with the Omega normal stuff then you only did normal to unlock Savage so no reason to go in there unless you're min maxing a quick upgrade. Not to mention the ilvl 370 raid gear and raid weapons are obsolete due to Suzaku EX being out at the same time so oops that's outdated too after 2 months of doing raid content, not to mention if you get an ilvl 400 piece then the tome gear you got on the same day is already inferior to it.

Gear has no longevity and that's a big issue even the Eureka gear which was ilvl 355 which is already obsolete and the only reason it was "better" than Sigma normal gear was it had 5 ilvls and more sockets however the way FFXIV works is main stats > secondary making STR/DEX/INT etc much more valuable vs CRIT/DET/DH.

We go through gear faster then we throw it away honestly it's kind of crazy that gear is just stats and glamour it has no real meaning, I remember playing WoW, Aion, Tera, GW2 and being like damn this weapon is super strong and it'll last me for a long time not to mention it looks awesome. The only satisfaction I have gotten was the last relic step in HW and it wasn't a "omg YES THIS WEAPON IS THE BEST WOOO" it was more like "thank god it's over never again" and this new relic I am not even gonna try since it's so terrible.

Gear progression needs a change for the better I'm tired of this glamour is endgame or just adding 2 extra materia slots why can't we have something new? What's wrong with that? 2 extra +40 crit materia isn't as awe inspiring as the *Edgey Death Destroyer 9000 with chance on hit to hit 5 times and summon the Lord of Hell himself to buff you and your allies for 10 seconds while playing the Devil Went Down to Georgia* I feel cheated really.

. Should you really be able to obtain BiS via crafting?.... I'm gonna say probably not because then you wouldn't be required to actually do the hardest PvE content. Should you be able to craft sufficient gear to get in there though? Absolutely.

Sadly crafted rings are BiS for tanks if you wanna min max your stats so yeah they do overlap creating an issue that hasn't been solved for many years enabling the normal Omega raid accessories obsolete if you're a hardcore or even a midcore raider, which supports my other statements on what you said.