Quote Originally Posted by Saimeren View Post
You're right, but other games have had this issue solved for a decade now. There's no excuse for ffxiv to not keep up at this point.
Except there is excuses. I mean. As pointed out, it's not being withheld just for shits.

The item system in this game is a complete mess, and that system is so deeply rooted into the core of the game that fixing that mess would essentially require another shutdown to overhaul.

Pointing to other games/systems isn't helping. Those are presumably examples that were better equipped and built to handle those systems by design.

The design of the item system in this game is a cobbled together disaster with no foresight or future proofing. And with the glamour system tied to the item system, the only result you're ever going to get from it is a disaster.