CT Part 2 and gear - will it just be i100 at this point?

[Eidolon]

In the original Crystal Tower, we saw that it was i80. This was originally meant to come become the Binding Coil of Bahamut, and was meant to be the most realistic 'step' into the end-game raid scenario.

So now, we are at 2.3 - and we're coming up on 2.4, which means the second level of Crystal Tower. But now we have a different scenario. Where before we had a 'gap' of gear, with i80 being non-existant; we now have i100 gear (Soldiery) and i110 gear (Soldiery+Oil/Drops) - which leaves little room for gaps.

Does this mean that CT will be dropping i100 gear, proving as a viable 'side-grade' to i100 gear? Or will it drop i95 gear? Will it be similar to current coil - dropping i95 and giving us some way to upgrade the items to i100?

I'm curious how they'll do it. I earnestly kind of hope it isn't a straight i100 drop - it makes me feel like weathered gear, even if it can be upgrade, has less weight for the lock-out it suffers. But even if they do bring it in as i100, I'd still enjoy using it. :3

[SDaemon]

meh could be i105. who knows at this point....

[Eidolon]

meh could be i105. who knows at this point....

I feel like 105 would be a bit too strong from CT2. Stronger than weathered gear that can take 2 weeks for a single piece of armor is a bit... well, I'm sure it'd be a bit of a whiplash

That's why I kinda think i95 will be more reasonable, or at best i100.

[SDaemon]

I feel like 105 would be a bit too strong from CT2. Stronger than weathered gear that can take 2 weeks for a single piece of armor is a bit... well, I'm sure it'd be a bit of a whiplash

That's why I kinda think i95 will be more reasonable, or at best i100.

CT2 will have the loot lockout just like before and I don't see the problem with it being i105. Tome gear is able to be upgraded to i110. with the help from CT2 gear ppl will be able to slowly progress (assuming they learn the fights properly) Coil2 and upgrade said gear or get High Allagan.

[UBERHAXED]

CT2 will have the loot lockout just like before and I don't see the problem with it being i105. Tome gear is able to be upgraded to i110. with the help from CT2 gear ppl will be able to slowly progress (assuming they learn the fights properly) Coil2 and upgrade said gear or get High Allagan. i95 will make the gear pointless because they can just farm Allagan gear instead of having to wait on lockouts.

Hmm, just like the first CT you mean? Just stating the trend here.

[SDaemon]

Hmm, just like the first CT you mean? Just stating the trend here.

Yes, it will most likely have the same loot restriction as the first part of CT did initially.

[Lunavi]

I feel like 105 would be a bit too strong from CT2. Stronger than weathered gear that can take 2 weeks for a single piece of armor is a bit... well, I'm sure it'd be a bit of a whiplash

That's why I kinda think i95 will be more reasonable, or at best i100.

Well, do not forget that everyone and their mama will likely have full iLvl 100 or very close to it at the time of it's release. That was not the case in 2.1. CT

[Lunavi]

I feel like 105 would be a bit too strong from CT2. Stronger than weathered gear that can take 2 weeks for a single piece of armor is a bit... well, I'm sure it'd be a bit of a whiplash

That's why I kinda think i95 will be more reasonable, or at best i100.

Yeah, because it would be such a powercreep if CT was relevant for obtaining gear for once. It is not like that at the release of 2.3 most people will have full iLvl 100 or close to it already.

[UBERHAXED]

It will be 95. Just as before, the CT gear will be the ilvl between the unlimited tome gear and the limited tome gear.

[juniglee]

It will be 95. Just as before, the CT gear will be the ilvl between the unlimited tome gear and the limited tome gear.

It's hard to predict because of a few factors. One is the current tome gear is upgradeable to 110. Also, if we assume that the current limited tome gear would be i100, then in 2.1 we had 2 sets of i90 (allagan/mythology), and an i80 (CT). I don't know if they intend to make CT2 as tough as Coil2, but if it's as tough, I can see it being i110, if not I'd say either 100 or 105.

Yoshi has been trying to get people to attempt Coil for a long time (back from Binding Coil), so when CT came in which introduced i80 gear, it severely lessened the gear burden for doing Coil, (compared to those who were attempting it in full Darklight) so that the completion rate would hopefully be higher.