Quote Originally Posted by axemtitanium View Post
On the other hand, the current relic quest makes it seem like the developers don't care how much extra work it takes for players to "catch up". Can you imagine being a fresh 50 today and discover what it takes to get a Novus from scratch? I'd tear my hair out.
There are other weapons besides the relic quest though, and they are a lot easier to get and easily comparable to them. If you were to introduce something that buffs the player outright, many players would start requiring certain things in order to join their group, why take a white mage fresh of the boat when you can get one that did the work already and has say enhanced regen or something. Individual people may not require it, but that's because individuals can think for themselves, the mob/horde/sheep are mindless and will take the easiest/fastest/least amount of work path they can get. I would love to see some type of individual progression outside of gear, but from everything the devs have said on the subject, I just don't see it happening anytime soon, if ever, because there will always be those that will refuse those that don't have it.