Huge Reddit thread about unique stats

[TokyieRage]

Thread is Here

I've touched ground on this and really wanted to bring this whole subject over the official forums. (Neither the thread or picture belong to me)

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Really interesting and this is also the direction Id like to see the gear go in this game. Not all these boring stats.

[ZeroRains]

Amazing Idea! Fully Support

[Dark-Saviour]

Those are still some pretty boring stats. >_>

[Saziel]

100% agree. Stats are way too cookie cutter and boring at the moment. Needs more variety. I want there to be less "Oh..this is the absolute best item. No doubt" and more "Hmm...I can see how all of these can be useful..."

[Marxam]

If warrior AF+1 had +20% IB Increase per piece I'd be all for it instead of the skill speed that some of them have.

[Xayoc]

Statement: Many gear sets from other games give set bonuses. There are some in FFXIV (GC armor) this one would like to see such a thing in i90 gear, especially Myth sets.

[NeoAmon]

I would not mind this, would raise the value of some ilvl90s and give us more customisations.

[Pride]

I approve this thread 300%

[IndigoHawk]

Unique stats are ok until the gear level increases. Then you have the cool bonus you want, but the gear you have is obsolete. It's cleaner to keep the gear grind separate from customization.

Let people grind for standardized i90, i100 tank/dps/healer gear, and then let them select unique bonuses using some other system. That way people only have to regrind once per role when new gear is released, instead of grinding over and over for each unique bonus they want to keep up to date.

[Aegis]

Unique stats are ok until the gear level increases. Then you have the cool bonus you want, but the gear you have is obsolete. It's cleaner to keep the gear grind separate from customization.

Let people grind for standardized i90, i100 tank/dps/healer gear, and then let them select unique bonuses using some other system. That way people only have to regrind once per role when new gear is released, instead of grinding over and over for each unique bonus they want to keep up to date.

It was not a problem in XI where lots of gear had many very unique stats. These pieces of gear were valuable for many levels after they were obtained. The difficulty of getting them more or less equalled their longevity.

Used to see Soboro Samurais at 75 (Soboro sukehiro was a 50 G.Katana that attacked 2-3 times. Great for buillding TP that could then be used on a Longbow Weaponskill).

See also: Swift Belt, Kraken's Club, elemental staves etc