Spiritbinding = Ex?

[Quesse]

Everyone wins.

I used to give a lot of my gear away - especially to random gathers where stats actually did make a difference. Also I would give gear to people in LS who couldn't afford it. Once in a great while I was lend gear to someone at Ifrit, etc. for some reason or another.

All these people lose.

I'm not saying that's a sole reason good enough to not implement bind on use but to say everyone wins, stick playdough in your ears and sing LA LA LA is just stupid.

[Mishaela]

I used to give a lot of my gear away - especially to random gathers where stats actually did make a difference. Also I would give gear to people in LS who couldn't afford it. Once in a great while I was lend gear to someone at Ifrit, etc. for some reason or another.

All these people lose.

They only lose if getting decent melded gear in ARR is as "hard" as it was in 1.x which doesn't seem the case. To think that ARR is going to be the same as 1.x in regards to gear, stick playdough in your ears and sing LA LA LA is just stupid.

[Reika]

I used to give a lot of my gear away - especially to random gathers where stats actually did make a difference. Also I would give gear to people in LS who couldn't afford it. Once in a great while I was lend gear to someone at Ifrit, etc. for some reason or another.

All these people lose.

I'm not saying that's a sole reason good enough to not implement bind on use but to say everyone wins, stick playdough in your ears and sing LA LA LA is just stupid.

I use to give gear away too! Now I guess I will have to vendor or convert it.

/gottenoveritalready

Or, I can simply craft a new, unspiritbonded version of the item I wish to give away, and proceed to give that away.

BRILLIANT!

[Shougun]

I use to give gear away too! Now I guess I will have to vendor or convert it. Then I took an arrow in the knee.

/gottenoveritalready

/fixed

Thank me later

[Mishaela]

Or, I can simply craft a new, unspiritbonded version of the item I wish to give away, and proceed to give that away.

BRILLIANT!

Well, yeah this works great for non-melded gear. Quesse was referring to melded stuff, I think, which probably won't be quite as easy to just put together at a moment's notice.

[GodseijuroHiko]

I used to give a lot of my gear away - especially to random gathers where stats actually did make a difference. Also I would give gear to people in LS who couldn't afford it. Once in a great while I was lend gear to someone at Ifrit, etc. for some reason or another.

All these people lose.

I'm not saying that's a sole reason good enough to not implement bind on use but to say everyone wins, stick playdough in your ears and sing LA LA LA is just stupid.

I think the system has the best potential to make sure everyone has a chance at winning.

Well, yeah this works great for non-melded gear. Quesse was referring to melded stuff, I think, which probably won't be quite as easy to just put together at a moment's notice.

So it's not about getting it done, but getting it done fast? I gave away free stuff too, but things change, and I'm willing to get used to it. If double meld is easier now, we can just ask the freeloader to grab the materia from the AH and bring it to us. I wasn't sure how I felt about the system at first glance, but like I stated earlier in the thread, it seems like it'll bring some stability. Like every person with multiple 50s, I worked to have the best weapon for that that job if it's needed. I might be presuming a lot, but if you're 50 and don't have any gear for that job, that would imply you have no interest in it. Also, I'm fairly certain they don't have the gear because they RE-SOLD it on the AH because they needed some QUICK gil. Now they get to sell their gear, which lowers their helpfulness, and must now rely on you for spare gear. This whole giving away/lending gear thing enables laziness in them reacquiring their gear. If you have no gear for your jobs, then it doesn't really exist. Those people who were short on cash should just take time out from level progress and try at financial progress. You crafting it for them would still save them SOME gil, so in the end they still win. Sure, nothing beats free, but hard work feels better.

Hmm what I typed sounded harsh, and I promise I mean nothing by it. Just recall how I had to miss 2 weeks and got left at hamlet seals. So I stopped all other in game activities and farmed like crazy so I'd have enough gil to be #1 prov. They helped me get the seals in 3 days after they were done with the first round (because you can't always get what you want when you want it), and I was full rdy with currency for the 2nd round. I could have just moaned about how seals were U/U when they had spares, or I could go for what I wanted. If helping people out with free stuff with little to no effort is the only negative to this system, It's not that big a deal. "Oh you don't have enough gil for the mats? Let me know when you have them." Or you can buy them the mats and materia yourself if you're so keen on giving away free stuff.