Quote Originally Posted by Wolfie View Post
But is resetting my character if I'm going UP in levels and I'm getting BETTER gear? Is that regression or progression?
It's progress in terms of numbers, but it's repetition in every other sense. Let's say it takes 1 million exp to go from 1 to 50, and 1 million exp to go from 50 to 60. 1 million exp in grinding coblyns or leves or whatever, followed by another 1 million exp in grinding coblyns or leves or whatever. When it comes to gear, when you start at level 1 you're wearing weathered armor that, frankly, anything you find is better than it. When there's a new expansion, when you start at level 50 you're wearing epic ultra-rare armor you worked really hard for that, frankly, anything you find in the new expansion is better than it.

Is that progress?

In FFXI terms, let's look at Kirin's Osode. All stats+10 and is pretty much the icon of endgame gear. It was the most-coveted piece of gear in the first (Zilart) expansion. What if the second expansion came out and with it there was an NPC who sold Weathered Tunic +100, all stats+20, for 1 gil? What will the player response be?