Quote Originally Posted by Kazahashi View Post
Personally, I'd have rather had horizontal progression to increasing item level already.
Horizontal progression doesn't work with the current iteration of FFXIV. They would have to add a slew of stats to make new gear worth attempting to get. Same item level means same tier of stats and most stat combinations have already been achieved with current gear so new i90 would be pointless. You need the carrot to chase.