Future Endgame gear vs crafted gear with Materia.

[Arkune]

Well srsly, i would like to see a system like in FF 11

I mean, is it so hard to combine both? i dont like it to run arround like a clown... since my Linkshell doin CC und AV runs, i stick with DL. It doesnt matter to me if its the best choice or not ...

My hope is, please SE do it like in FF 11

1 Craftjob on Max. Level all others on Lower for the economy, combine endgame drops with Crafted items

Cursed Equipment FF11:
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__...sedHarness.png

Endgame Abjuration Drop:
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__...bjNeptunal.png

Finished Gear:
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__...ombharness.png

this is the way how Crafter and DoW and DoM classes works together, i srsly dont like the Materia system at all, i mean its okay but for me its not necessary.

[Tezz_Xivectro]

All they have to do is create Raid-specific Materia that only drops from there (high % drop if not 100%).

In addition to that, they could make U/U items from the same dungeon meldable WITH the exception that if the meld fails, it doesn't break the armor, but instead just disposes of all the materia attached to it.

Then you would have people spamming endgame content trying to get their 2, 3, 4? melds to endgame gear. This would be greatly beneficial to everyone in the LS who might still need to get the base armor drop.

[Xikeroth]

All they have to do is create Raid-specific Materia that only drops from there (high % drop if not 100%).

In addition to that, they could make U/U items from the same dungeon meldable WITH the exception that if the meld fails, it doesn't break the armor, but instead just disposes of all the materia attached to it.

Then you would have people spamming endgame content trying to get their 2, 3, 4? melds to endgame gear. This would be greatly beneficial to everyone in the LS who might still need to get the base armor drop.

Materia melding isn't the answer its still going to make people feel forced to level a craft when they shouldn't have to.

[Disc]

Well srsly, i would like to see a system like in FF 11

I mean, is it so hard to combine both? i dont like it to run arround like a clown... since my Linkshell doin CC und AV runs, i stick with DL. It doesnt matter to me if its the best choice or not ...

My hope is, please SE do it like in FF 11

1 Craftjob on Max. Level all others on Lower for the economy, combine endgame drops with Crafted items

Cursed Equipment FF11:
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__...sedHarness.png

Endgame Abjuration Drop:
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__...bjNeptunal.png

Finished Gear:
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__...ombharness.png

this is the way how Crafter and DoW and DoM classes works together, i srsly dont like the Materia system at all, i mean its okay but for me its not necessary.

I would love for FFXI style cursed gear to be implemented. I've already noticed some crafted items(weapons) are garbage compared to relic/GC/primal. My biggest interest in leveling crafting classes is making my own HQ & equipping materia for the rarest of the rare.

It's a complete waste if everything I can synth becomes obsolete at Lv 50. Leves have already given me duplicates of every XP piece I've made for my WAR.

If nothing else, I would at least like to see the ability to attach materia to someone else's "Unique" equipment. Preferably without the risk of blowing it up.

[Dzian]

I'm going to agree with waht a couple of people have said.
Bring in Abj's.

For a long time in xi things like heca, shura, dalmaticas & zenith were incredibly sought after pieces. and they required buying a cursed dalmatica and then going out to kill odin or I forget which hnm to get the abjuration to purify it. required high level crafters and a decent group of people to do the fights. in many ways the perfect system.

Other examples included things like the scorpion harnesses and haubies etc. considered incribly strong pieces and required drops from various hnm/ksnm kinda stuff. all crafted items and for along time amoung the best available. still crafted but often required a fight somewhere to obtain the materials

[Xikeroth]

I'm going to agree with waht a couple of people have said.
Bring in Abj's.

For a long time in xi things like heca, shura, dalmaticas & zenith were incredibly sought after pieces. and they required buying a cursed dalmatica and then going out to kill odin or I forget which hnm to get the abjuration to purify it. required high level crafters and a decent group of people to do the fights. in many ways the perfect system.

Other examples included things like the scorpion harnesses and haubies etc. considered incribly strong pieces and required drops from various hnm/ksnm kinda stuff. all crafted items and for along time amoung the best available. still crafted but often required a fight somewhere to obtain the materials

The major problems with crafting gear for top performance is that other game content gets left out since "oh well this enemy doesn't drop an upgrade" idea comes into peoples minds so they tend not bother with any of that content. Which is the problem, like not ALL slots will get replaced but only allowing endgame gear to count for 2-3 of your gear slots out of EVERY PIECE is a terrible policy to follow.

Ajbs were a decent idea but imo if they allow that sort of thing it needs to be world NMs nothing inside of a raid. and it should at least balance things out a little since you need to go to endgame as well as as get crafted items, however don't forget that out of everyone that played FFXI very few people even got to see full sets of that stuff out of the entire population.

I do like the whole system of sky from FFXI some of my fondest memories of FFXI endgame were there and I won't argue against that concept and I do like it but at the same time we do need a lot more options to keep things fresh to help everyone tell the difference between FFXI endgame and FFXIV endgame. We can't just clone it.