Quote Originally Posted by Exni View Post
Yeah I agree. Without gear swaps 99% of our current 'endgame' exclusive gear is trash. Regardless if someone's willing to pay 500k+ for the novelty of having certain peices the gear is effectively useless. XIV's current system forces you to find the "best-in-slot" for the whole encounter, which knocks practically anything unmaterialized out of the picture (even including some of those Darklight pieces.. in fact, not being a tank there's only one Darklight piece I'd really even care for..). I realize the content is easy and spammable, but shouldn't there be more motivation to do it than just getting the clear? Even the primal weapons get beat out by simple double melded weapons.. I got one Ifrit wep and one Moogle Wep just to say I got it.. and now only do that content to help other ppl. SE really needs to go ahead and put out some not so-easy and not so-spammable content so we can start actually caring about the loot that drops, when it drops..
Gear swaps are not the way to go. IMO what needs to happen is more gear should be meldable. Best in slot gear is fine because you SHOULD have to choose the best piece of gear for your playstyle prior to engaging in battle, not just the best piece of gear for a particular move. The end result of gear swapping is that regardless of playstyle, if you don't have x piece of gear for y action, you are not as good as the player who does. Ultimately it promotes gear elitism. No thanks!