Why not make event armor and weapons scale with your level?

[Versiroth]

They made this cool gear/weapons that have stats that will work with every class, but it's only useful for a couple levels at most. It would be cool if they made it scale with your level until 45 when you get your class gear. With the vanity system not being ready (and maybe months and months away), this cool looking event gear and weapons are a complete waste. Playing dress up in an MMO can be entertaining, but only when you can also kick some monster arse at the same time.

[KiriA500]

Vanity sets will do this exact thing. We just have to wait for SE to implement it.

[Little_Ifrit]

Patience lad.

Store it away until you can use it.

[Gilraen]

I don't think I've seen a single game where gear scaled with your character... Not even in single-player titles. I mean, there was scaling in some like Skyrim, but it only scaled for as long as you didn't obtain said item. Once you got said item it stopped scaling and was forever at whatever level you got it at. Item scaling as you suggested flies in the face of an equipment system like you see in... well, every game ever. It's an interesting idea, but remember that this is an event, full of puns and in-jokes (seriously, they are all level 13. Eh? Eh?! *wink*).

In FF11 there was the Rajas/Sattva/Tamas Rings

[Ring] All Races
STR +2~5 DEX +2~5
"Store TP" +5
"Subtle Blow" +5
Lv. 30 All Jobs

Level
18 - 29 Bonus: +1 (lvl 18-29 bonus possible via lvl sync)
30 - 44 Bonus: +2
45 - 59 Bonus: +3
60 - 74 Bonus: +4
75 - 99 Bonus: +5

I'd like to see long lived gear like this in FFXIV (obtained by completing story missions etc)

Wow, I stand corrected. There was also the Trump Crown, now that I think about it. But, mind you, these are items akin to Skyrim's where you get them as a reward for particularly difficult content, not event items you get just for attending.

[Curagaja]

Patience lad.

Store it away until you can use it.

Can you store the event items? I heard you can't so I never bothered trying.

[BoomerOU]

If it scaled but was below par for level: nobody uses past initial level range.

If it scaled on par/above par with level: I get a level 13 item that I don't replace for 32 levels - or 37 for weapons.

Both would be poor MMO design. Granted with fate spams you can already do the same with lower level gear, but that's a different type of poor MMO design.

[KiriA500]

Can you store the event items? I heard you can't so I never bothered trying.

Not in the Armoire, but you can give them to a retainer. 12 slots out of 175 isn't that much.

[Enthy]

I don't think I've seen a single game where gear scaled with your character

In FF11 there was the Rajas/Sattva/Tamas Rings

[Ring] All Races
STR +2~5 DEX +2~5
"Store TP" +5
"Subtle Blow" +5
Lv. 30 All Jobs

Level
18 - 29 Bonus: +1 (lvl 18-29 bonus possible via lvl sync)
30 - 44 Bonus: +2
45 - 59 Bonus: +3
60 - 74 Bonus: +4
75 - 99 Bonus: +5

I'd like to see long lived gear like this in FFXIV (obtained by completing story missions etc)

[Kaizlu]

nvm didn't read >_>

[Ri_ri]

I just hope they'll not put silly restrictions on vanity slots, like "non-event weapons onry".