New Grand Company Gear (04/23/2012)

[WinnipegJet]

Great interesting weapon design. This isn't FFXI folks-- we're long past the days of recoloured jerkins and hauberks.

[UmJammerSully]

They really need to figure out some new incentives outside of weapons and gear, as with each new patch, the previous one's gear becomes obsolete. :/

[Chardrizard]

They really need to figure out some new incentives outside of weapons and gear, as with each new patch, the previous one's gear becomes obsolete. :/

No they didn't? Ifrit and Moogle never became obselete.

[Zaaku]

Great interesting weapon design. This isn't FFXI folks-- we're long past the days of recoloured jerkins and hauberks.

Yes now we've moved onto silly oversized glowing plastic toys.

[Akujin]

Maybe I'm missing something though, how does crafting gear fall into play with GCs? Would there be a different type of igredient that can only be obtained through a GC in order to craft said gear, because at first I was thinking it was going to be related to a new rank/seal price and with the way seals can be maxed out easily, not a big deal. Curious to that.

And love the blm staff. Even if its just for novelty, stand in afk spot with weapon out. I dont caaaaaaare

[Raubahn]

Dalamud on THM Staff Oo;

[WinnipegJet]

Yes now we've moved onto silly oversized glowing plastic toys.

I'd argue but... it's really a matter of taste more than anything. Never gonna change your mind on that.

All I can say is that I'm happy this is the direction we're going in. My unsolicited advice: try to embrace it.

[Zaaku]

I think the new weapons look awesome! A few questions, though:

- How are they going to compare with the other weapons we currently have, as well as Garuda's? As mentioned previously, we're getting a LOT of different gear for max level characters... might start seeing some power creep happening if they don't have unique stats or abilities.

- Darksteel Ore... will we have to mine this stuff up, or create it from existing materials?

- As for Gryffon Hides, I don't know of any griffons currently in-game, lol. New monster, perhaps...?

- If these materials are supposedly difficult to craft with, does that mean crafters will have to do something more involved to make things with them, or will it just be more Lv50+ recipes that function just the same as everything else?

That is what I thought at first too but then I reread it and I think that was just a little back story about the NPC crafters of Ul'dahn and how they were having trouble making a profit with all the GC gobbling up their wares and buyers. So they set out to make reallllly HQ weapons and then sold it to the GC's.

Those weapons we saw are more then likely going to be bought with seals and some new recipes will be released a he same time, but they have nothing to do with each other me thinks.

[Jinko]

I love those glowing bricks ..

[Elexia]

Am I the only one who strongly dislikes this new shiney clean cartooney aesthetic? XIV was realistic as hell, I'm not sure why are they turning this into wow.

Remember, this is a fantasy game. All those kids that cried over realism being in a video game and it should look more and more cartoony? They got their wish.