Quote Originally Posted by Vackashken View Post
I agree 100%. Every time SE adds something they blast whatever they did (beforehand) into complete and utter redundancy.
This is what people wanted though. (Make XIV a standard MMORPG!) Once they get around to expanding the game rather than fixing it, we'll definitely see things balance itself out. right now it's overpowering because Materia can continue to grow, whereas dropped gear is still outdated in comparison.

Look at FFXI -- overtime the gap between crafted - augmented - dropped - upgraded gear closed and balanced around outdating older stuff (finally), but before they went the outdate route, everything had it's place because they created 3 categories:

-Sought After
-Side Grades
-Alternatives.

XIV has only Materia and Side-Grades currently.