
Originally Posted by
Yucie
You're not getting the point. In fact, it flew over your head.
Sure, AF gear is for the people who don't want to spend the gil and waste their money on double-triple melds, whether buying it already melded or doing it themselves. However, can't we continue along this line and give options to the people who want to wear their free gear, in order to make such a practice practical?
It's free, but we did quest for it - as it stands now, if you don't quest for your AF you miss out on abilities that your job REQUIRES. I think that upgrades, whether melded or +1 like FFXI or otherwise, are a fair option to those who would like to take that road.
Just because YOU don't like the AF doesn't mean it shouldn't be given practicality. I don't give two nuts if I'll be able to meld it, or upgrade it through quests or other means - but I think my AF pieces could use a boost, so I don't need to spend hundreds of thousands or even millions of gil on double/triple melds, especially when I don't have that kind of cash.
If FFXIV goes the course of XI, we'll eventually get Relic armor, and both AF and AF2 will be upgradeable, so your argument right now is as good as moot.