All the Gearsyncing is getting out of Hand, at least for me.

[ForteNightshade]

I've always wondered about why they do that. The point of mmos and rpgs for a lot of people is, progression and progressing your character. I don't understand doing all the work just to have it all removed or have to relevel again in their many many releveling systems. If not blowing through content is a concern then maybe they should make their super brain dead content harder? Or just get over the fact that it might be cleared faster if someone has raid gear. I'm told most people in this game don't even raid so it shouldn't be that big of an issue.

Because they need content to last. While story may play a factor, the technical reason is they simply cannot produce new content fast enough for how quickly players breeze through nearly everything. Not to mention, removing ilvl sync would make new content incredibly boring. Imagine Shiva Unreal without a sync. She's i430, which means she's hilariously easy for anyone at i450 and basically a total faceroll by i500. Having gone back to Eden's Gate Savage to farm gear for Ultimate. It's comical just how overpowered we are.

The only people in this thread who are ok with content constantly syncing us are casuals. Anyone who raids looks at their raid gear and knows the only content it’s useful for is the raid itself. That’s is bulls**t. The OP is right, we get gear to get stronger. Stop making synced content

Actually, no. As a raider myself, I prefer syncing because I'd rather have enjoyable content and not facerolls. One of the main reasons I despise getting LoTA and Syrcus Tower in Alliance is because they're both so pathetically easy due to how OP we are, they're boring. The whole enjoyment of fights in FFXIV is learning mechanics, which gets downright ignored without a sync. In fact, even back as a new player, I was disappointed upon queuing into Thordan Normal for the first time. He was so embarrassingly weak, I stood in everything. Here's the climax of Heavensward and I'm laughing at it. That took away some of the story's tension and enjoyment for me.

The issue, in my opinion, is less about being synced down and more there just isn't enough current ilvl content. I understand they want things like Bozja to be accessible but making it i430 is part of why gearing feels hollow. They need to add more to do with our raid ilvl, especially since they dislike parsing. Which, ironically, is the only purpose Savage gear has outside Ultimate.