Allagan Tomestone of Astronomy should have a seasonal cap, not a weekly cap

[Kandraxx]

To prevent players from absolutely trivializing endgame stuff. The difference in damage and survivability between somebody who is in the full normal tomestone gear and full capped tomestone gear is pretty big, and it can often result in stuff that WILL kill players to ALMOST kill players. Meaning you can basically trivialize some things by just having players take the hit instead of doing the mechanics, and they want players to LEARN to do stuff, not just brute force it within a week.

This game is zero competitive, even less so than WoW during its worst runs. If someone wants to cheese content that was made for months in 3 days let them do it? Sorry I don’t get it with people trying to elevate a basically single player game with soft MMO content to RTS level.

[Brightamethyst]

I don't really understand the point of the cap. Why is it so important to keep people away from gear that they clearly need?

It's to keep people from running a hundred dungeons on patch day and then spending the next 4 months complaining about how there's nothing to do.

[EgilTheStressedMage]

When the sun freezes over.

[Makeda]

It's called Content Padding, and it's important when you don't develop enough content to prevent your playerbase from unsubscribing

Actually caps like this first started in WoW back in late Burning Crusade when they started seeing people stay logged in AND active for days at a time - playing until they passed out or (as in the case of one couple playing in an internet cafe - which I think was from EQ before WoW came out) the police showed up because their kids had died of starvation back at the house and somebody called in the smell...

Thus we have limits on dailies, weeklies, and so on, to get people to log out...

The tomestome cap may limit some casuals like me that aren't logging in a lot, but it ALSO keeps the super hardcores from pushing so hard that everyone else feels pressure to keep up or get left behind.

And anyone can just buy the crafted gear instead anyway...

[NatePride]

Sorry but the cap should be removed entirely. Such caps are only FOMO mechanics.

Cheers

sorry but a weekly cap isnt FOMO cause you dont miss out on the gear if you skip farming for x time
the gear will be there and once the tomestone rotates out it is still available but for sacks of nuts/clan centurio from hunts instead.

[Kuroka]

Or at least it needs to be raised... Like i cant even get a pair of boots in one week.... >_>

[RyuDragnier]

Or at least it needs to be raised... Like i cant even get a pair of boots in one week.... >_>

You should suggest they lower the tomestone prices for helm/gloves boots then, that way you can always get them in a week, and the chest/legs will always take 2.

[Larirawiel]

sorry but a weekly cap isnt FOMO cause you dont miss out on the gear if you skip farming for x time
the gear will be there and once the tomestone rotates out it is still available but for sacks of nuts/clan centurio from hunts instead.

Sorry, but all artifical caps are FOMO because you can never catch up them if you miss one. IMHO those caps should be removed and the devs should give the players the choice how much tombstones the want to farm.

Cheers

[Driavna]

I don't really understand the point of the cap. Why is it so important to keep people away from gear that they clearly need?

Probably cap gear is aimed to anyone that do raids and is a way for devs to slowly nerf content and make it more accessible. Also, FFXIV is a monthly subscription game and caps keep you subscribe longer. Is either current system or go the korean route and put stuff behind monumental grinds with absurd low chances, but despiste Yoshida saying we can play others game at least they need to try to keep us around for a few months.

Anyway, I'm a casual player and capped gear is pointless. No content outside savage requires it and is way easier to get it for glamour after said caps are removed.

[Quintessa]

Sorry but the cap should be removed entirely. Such caps are only FOMO mechanics.

Cheers

I'd be all for this but then people already play this game awwwlllll day and no caps would just make them no life it even more.