Whats the point of AF and other drops if you can buy/craft better?

[Delsus]

So much fail in this post, most melds can only beat one stat in raid gear that's like saying my triple meld vit body for pld is better than HDL body cause it has a lot of vit on it.... Most people go on thinking that meld gear beats all raid stuff which is crap, it's just they can't beat the content or never got it cause of RNG(like me).

This is what so many people say, but you are looking at each piece, what you need to look at is sets darklight set gives xxx STR, y meld on these pieces can beat it. The only reason I have seen to get DD darklight over melds is Store TP on the darklight, and you would be nerfing other melds to get that, all other stats (correct me if I'm wrong) are easily meldable. I can sit on TP from recast times when ever I want on my DRG and MNK, so store TP doesn't seem much use to me.

[ExJumz]

Yeah I'm expecting fusional to be "physical hurt" since his whole livelyhood rests in a video game. Honestly though I just can't wait till they start introducing more sets, that's why I liked the Empyrean set the most in XI, it was upgradable and exactly how I picture upgrades to AF to be rather than slapping on materia and blowing up your AF.

I've been here for like a week and that guy is one of a handful on here that even has the remotest grasp on developments in the MMO space in the past decade. Sure, he's a bit of a pill, but he's got the fundamentals down.

on-topic; I would be sincerely put off if AF was made to be anywhere comparable to high-end raid/crafted gear, considering the ease of obtaining it. We'll see how they go about implementing the process for upgrading, if the investment is substantial enough (somewhere between pre-atomos GC grinding and Relic-getting) then I wouldn't have a problem with it being on even footing, or slightly behind. Possibly able to be upgraded through several different avenues depending on your playstyle (while I'm more of a traditionalist, I do respect what SE is trying to do to accommodate niche players).

[PSxpert2011]

I hate the fact melded gear beats almost all dungeon gear, tell me why do AV/CC/Primals if you can just farm/gather/craft your whole playtime and get better gear? ... .

It take effort and time to level up most crafts and time/money to get materials(catalyst) for the meld. On top of that, you need luck for double/ triple/ quadruple meld and so on... (vegas baby, VAGAS!)

Saying "I hate it, I hate it, I hate it!" without a valid argument don't defend your reason.

Yeah screw those long term goals.

It wouldn't be a FF game if everything was just handed to you, then everyone else would have to have it handed to them as well.

People want to feel special and have that sense of accomplishment. Walking around with cool gear and you look around, everyone walking around with that same gear... you're not going to feel any better than the rest, look any distinguished or perform any better.

I just think every gear should be meldable including AF and somewhat better system in place then current and the prices is retarded on markets imo lol.

I agree but the DEVs would have to increase the difficulty . People will piss their pants when they break their AF and have to redo the quest or something... idk or care.

[Mjollnir]

Materia all the things!

All gear should be purely cosmetic and crafted only but with NO STATS. Then instead, quest/raid rewards and drops are materia - so for your AF quests you have to go and find materia that has the same stats as the AF currently in play, which you can then meld to whatever the hell you think looks the coolest, though restricted by class/job.

Standard materia would take one slot on a piece, materia dropped from primals would take four slots. Hopefully that wouldn't cause an imbalance and would mean you could wear clown shoes if you wanted (and if they were in the game).

[Anakhu]

what is AF gear?

[Pyretta_Blaze]

I'm hoping there will be another tier of JSE or AF or whatever. Something you have to work hard to get that would be better than melded gear but require you have great gear to even attempt.

[Elexia]

what is AF gear?

The gear you get for completing job quest 45-50.

[PSxpert2011]

Materia all the things!

All gear should be purely cosmetic and crafted only but with NO STATS. ... would mean you could wear clown shoes if you wanted (and if they were in the game).

Lol!
'clown gear-set'
Head:
Complete set: increase luck by 50%
+4 attack
+12% crit
+2 Acc
+5 Vit

body
+2 attack
+6% crit
+5 Vit
+11 Piety

hands
+2 attack
+6% crit
(empty)
(empty)

Legs
+3 Def
+10 Acc
(empty)
(empty)

Feet
+10% haste
+5 Acc
(empty)
(empty)

Main Hand
Complete set: -66 enmity + additional effect "Scourge"
+3% crit
+10 Piety
+25 Magic Def & Eva
(empty)

A whole lot of LOLs XD

[Felis]

i agree with your posts in here 100%. I have no interest in my endgame being farm crafted stuff/spiritbind. I want real end game content where it can be part crafted part hnm/boss drops. Xi back in the day did it nicely.

Mage robe and pants from hamlet, staff from Skirmish, shoes (or better the rubber) from H1 in the garlean stronghold, there is alot of gear that you can farm

[ExJumz]

Materia all the things!

All gear should be purely cosmetic and crafted only but with NO STATS. Then instead, quest/raid rewards and drops are materia - so for your AF quests you have to go and find materia that has the same stats as the AF currently in play, which you can then meld to whatever the hell you think looks the coolest, though restricted by class/job.

Standard materia would take one slot on a piece, materia dropped from primals would take four slots. Hopefully that wouldn't cause an imbalance and would mean you could wear clown shoes if you wanted (and if they were in the game).

So basically, you want costume slots. Optimizing a gear set needs to entail an element of compromise in order for it to not be mind-numbingly boring, if you could just assign optimal stats to any piece then gear progression would be reduced to a dull arithmetic ladder... and unless they provide for a way to remove existing slotted materia, you'd have to start your melds over from scratch on a fresh piece of gear every tier anyway.