Dropped Items and Materia

[NoctisUmbra]

It's also a lovely example of a crafted item being better than all other W drops for that slot (for that class), something you said doesn't happen. I'll grant that Paragon is the king of one-size-fits-all, but there are times it loses.

I understood it as crafted gear beating all blue gear regardless of slot. I'll admit my misreading. Though I did bring up the valid point that there's more Blue gear for some slots than others. Also that Paragon's is indeed best in slot for some classes.

[Viridiana]

I understood it as crafted gear beating all blue gear regardless of slot. I'll admit my misreading. Though I did bring up the valid point that there's more Blue gear for some slots than others. Also that Paragon's is indeed best in slot for some classes.

Here's the thing, though. So far, all the blue gear we have is Ifrit/Mog weapons, the new crowns, and DD gear. No one's going to argue that Ifrit weapons suck (CNJ notwithstanding). The only Moogle weapons I've ever seen put forward as good are the GLD and THM ones. Paragon is the only crown anyone talks about, but on certain classes even it loses to crafted gear. DD gear is so far behind the curve that it wasn't even all that good when it came out, and it's been blown out of the water entirely with the addition of materia.

So, find me a piece of blue for my PGL that isn't Ifrit's claws and that can't be beaten by a single piece of materia. I would wait with bated breath, but I don't fancy asphyxiating.

[NoctisUmbra]

Here's the thing, though. So far, all the blue gear we have is Ifrit/Mog weapons, the new crowns, and DD gear. No one's going to argue that Ifrit weapons suck (CNJ notwithstanding). The only Moogle weapons I've ever seen put forward as good are the GLD and THM ones. Paragon is the only crown anyone talks about, but on certain classes even it loses to crafted gear. DD gear is so far behind the curve that it wasn't even all that good when it came out, and it's been blown out of the water entirely with the addition of materia.

So, find me a piece of blue for my PGL that isn't Ifrit's claws and that can't be beaten by a single piece of materia. I would wait with bated breath, but I don't fancy asphyxiating.

Indeed. As soon as they freaking make content that drops body gear. Probably 1.21s dungeons. Here's hoping for some actually useful Blue armor gear versus the crap that was Darkhold gear.