Gear progression too linear

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FFXIV 1.0 had more gear choices from the get go than this game will ever have with the current equipment system.
iLvl stands above anything in this game, and if you actually deny this fact, you're blind.
aslong this game is ruled by such a system it will never get less linear, no more theorycrafting, no more different looking jobs, nothing.

this has nothing to do with how much time this game had to grow since the relaunch, this is a fact.anyone who belives that they will scrap this to return to a more complex system is blind

So they can't put a higher amount of a stat, say str, on a lower iLvl piece of equipment than a higher level piece of equipment? No "scrapping" there, no redesign of a system. Just a stat difference.