No static, No gear

[Vladislav]

I never did understand the term 'hardcore', and the term 'no-lifer' is used too loosely.

Just because someone has progressed through most of current content doesn't mean they spend most of their waking hours on the game. It means;

they effectively used their time in game
they're competent
they're playing with other competent players

This game isn't hard, nor is it that grindy unless you want to bring up the optional atma weapons. In a month of average playtime, a person can go from fresh character to ilvl90ed main job with all usable cross class abilities, zenith weapon, and be ready for the 2nd coil. You don't need to be a NEET. Just because someone progressed farther than you doesn't mean they have nothing else to do with themselves in life.

You totally didn't got my point...but..k . Also i use my time very effective and got progressed far as need lol.

S N I P.

You joking me right ? Everything after Abyssea came out was able to be soloed or d/boxed if you comepetent enough . Salvage 3 ppl's to get in , after in 1 player can leave and u burn , Dynamis solo farm , solo boss any area on BST , only ADL need few peeps to kill. Limbus atm...... joke . all this content was hot in back 75 Aht urghan days , but this days "Have come and Gone".

[Lithera]

SNIP

None of the best gear in the game was obtainable easily solo until Abyssea launched and even then it wasn't until at least the second part of Abyssea that certain monsters could be easily solod/duoed.

Read my whole post. When that gear was still the best you could NOT solo it and it was locked out. Even Abyssea had lockouts since stones were limited and with the limited abyssites and only one atma until the second installment, NOTHING in Abyssea was easily lowmanned short of the base level NMs. Even now in FFXI the best gear requires at least a party and there's no real exception there unless you have the gil for upgrading your AF/Relic. There's just no actual lockouts on endgame now short of entry items.

[Muzy]

Start looking for some people with a like mindset as you and form your own static.

[Kiara1]

Start looking for some people with a like mindset as you and form your own static.

This!
I don't really care about getting the best gear, I'm just trying to make everything as fun as possible. However I wouldnt say no if someone wanted to invite me to a group to do those things. And I'm surethere are others who thinks the same way I do.

[Lithera]

Yah you can correct the last bit easily. If you've been capping soldiery and have either done Atma quest or managed a Levi EX drop then you should be well over i90. Moggle EX drops i100 neck accessories as well. I'm not sure of the PF scene on Brunhyldr but I know on Midgard there's Turn 6s up on a regular basis listed as practice parties and normally they aren't asking for people over i90. Voice chat maybe. I don't understand how you're being left behind by a static. You're i90 so no one could be better geared than you before 2.2 unless you hadn't reached i90 yet and if you weren't getting luck with drops in Coil 2 there's soldiery gear so that you keep up with ilevel. Are you sitting on all your soldiery hoping for T6+ drops? I could see a static kicking someone who isn't actively pursuing better gear outside Coil. 6 weeks out from 2.2 I would expect my static members to progress especially if we are failing a turn for reasons other than mechanics.

[Kassiekane]

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I wasn't i90 pre-2.2. Soldiery gear gets me to i90. As I said, I'm behind on gear, and thus undesirable for statics. Since I'm not in a static, I can not get the gear.

[Lithera]

I wasn't i90 pre-2.2. Soldiery gear gets me to i90. As I said, I'm behind on gear, and thus undesirable for statics. Since I'm not in a static, I can not get the gear.

Solidery gets you to i90? That means you have slots with less than i90 gear in them. That's an easy fix. Myth accessories, EX Primals, Coil 1. Other than Titan EX and Turn 5, everything else is easily DFable and Coil farms are all over PF many with under i90 requirements.

[Qfox]

i have this year of playing this game. if direction will continue on making "single content must be done with group to progress in game"
i would just be so disappointed for not having anything outside of group/static things .. i avoid groups for drama they cos a lot of drama that turn my interest to play this game off.

[Lyrinn]

I can see where the OP is coming from. Once you're behind the curve, no one wants to pick you up over someone who already has experience and likely the gear to show for it. I've been in the same situation since 2.0 and I've personally resigned myself to never getting better gear until it's pushed out by newer content - I'll just sport my Weathered soldiery gear until 2.4.

But at the same time, I can't agree with making top tier gear obtainable through solo content. Coordinating multiple players will always be more difficult since a mistake from any player can potentially wipe the entire raid. It's not fair to give raid gear for doing something simpler.

[abzoluut]

But basically you are asking for solo ilvl upgrades which already is in the game: animus, soldiery.

Granted a static would get there faster..

Please keep in mind that forming and leading a static is an MMO skill too (or playing in one).