Quote Originally Posted by Renik View Post
, horizontal gear progression(keeping the ilvl system, some players seem to like it)...
I believe the horizontal progression will come it's just they aren't going to do it when there's a level cap increase coming. Even FFXI didn't grow horizontally until 75 cap and it actually took two expansions to REALLY grow as the extent of it in Rise of the Zilart was choosing between Sky/God gear and AF2 and the occasional crafted piece for macro swapping. Either way though, horizontal progression is just the illusion of variety as you always wind up with "Best in Slot", especially with XIV since you cannot macro swap like in XI and carry gear pieces optimal for single abilities. Doesn't mean they can't put it in of course, but we'll still end up with a "best" set and material load out. Now if you could hot swap material based on the encounter a la VII...