Legitimate Question

[TrystWildkey]

It's an unsustainable model that gives short term benefits, but is going to look really stupid in the long term.

Say someone comes into the game with the PS4 version. What incentive will they have to run ANYTHING other than what they're forced to run via story mode? Once they've hit 50, finished storyline, the only thing new players will do is run the dungeons that drop the highest item level gear.

CT can be bypassed, along with WP and AK. Why? Because you can go into Turns 1-4 and die until you get the echo buff strong enough to farm the place. Instant item level 90.

The current model is pushing out content every three months, true. But, that content is then almost completely invalidated with the next patch.

Or, say you're a player that has everything at 50, has run through all of the content and decided to take a break from the game for a while.
Say you come back into the game after 2 patches.
What will you do?
You'll check out what content drops the highest item level available.
You'll do any pre-requisites to get access to that content.
You'll do solely that content until you get the highest item level gear for your job(s).

There will be TONS of content that you just won't do. Why? Because it's invalidated. There's no reason to do it.

[Gamemako]

CT can be bypassed, along with WP and AK. Why? Because you can go into Turns 1-4 and die until you get the echo buff strong enough to farm the place. Instant item level 90.

Based on comments, the buff only stacks on a weekly basis. What players will do is CT for i80 gear to take to BC for normal-difficulty loot and tomes. Everyone and his mother will farm T2 for 50 tomes in 10 minutes or less, plus loot. The stuff that becomes useless if CT and BC aren't loot-locked are WP, HMHM, CBHM, and PS; additionally, AK and all HM primals become solely a matter of one-and-done for relic quest.

If CT and BC are loot-locked, then none of this will come to fruition.

[Musashidon]

CT can be bypassed, along with WP and AK. Why? Because you can go into Turns 1-4 and die until you get the echo buff strong enough to farm the place. Instant item level 90. .

this is wrong the buff is on you when you enter not after you die it will also get stronger weekly.

now to the other things you said.

they are dead wrong. why?easy enough to answer
because you don't need to do all dungeons to make it progression. they are all dungeons for the same tier.
you can choose which ones you want and don't wanna do and get philo's and some myths what you will do is get enough philo/myth gear (mostly philo because you get alot more then myth) to do t1-5 then with t1-5 you will spam for gear till you are i90 then you are good enough for t6-9.
bam progression it all makes sense and everyone ever exaggerates about it.


in the end it isn't about progression its about omg i had to spend 5 months working for my i90 set and they can farm it in 1 day if they choose too. which is a stuck up way to think.
making people waste time and spend weeks and months to progress just to catch up is a pointless mechanic that will kill the game rather then help it. people won't play a game that they know they will never get to see end game content.