Endgame gearing in FFXIV

[TomsYoungerBro]

Gear progression is definitely a little slow and needs some definite improvements. I agree with most of what you said, aside from another gearing path. Casual catchup progression already comes in the patch after with alliance raid, however something like criterion half way through the patch would be a great alternate gearing method.

I think books need more value. Accessories need to drop to 2, Legs and Chest to 6, and Weapon needs to go down to 4. Not sure why SE thinks Chest and Weapon are equal. There are only 7 chests, yet 19 unique weapons. That is almost 3x as many weapons to chests. The additional random wep drop in 4th turn does not close that gap.

I feel they should also implement a system where if you dont receive any drop, your second "reward" from completing for the week is another book. This would work regardless if it was a 0, 1, or 2 chest. Books should also be tradeable down. Book 4 should be able to be turned in for a 3, 2, or 1 level book, etc.

Lastly, tome cap should start at 450 still, but eventually be increased on or before the next patch. Astronomy tomes stayed 450 cap all the way through 6.0 and 6.1 to 6.2. That is a little absurd. Maybe an increase to 900 at 6.3?