I've read many different interviews and looked at different suggestions regarding coil iLV vs tome iLV. It seems many raiders believe coil gear should be the best. I raid a lot myself and to an extent I share the same sentiment. Coil gear should be better than normal tome gear, however I think there is a flaw on what people believe should be done. This is that the coil gear should be a high item level outright. (This could also apply to future raid gear, not just coil.)

Now I can understand the weapon being the highest item level in the game, but the armor should remain the same iLV as the tome gear. In order to make the raid gear "BiS" one of the following systems should be implemented:


1. Give a set amount of materia slots per item and disable overmelding/possibly lock out specific materia types.
A. accessories/belt have one materia slot, cannot meld vit.
B. Hands/feet/head have 2 slots
C. Body/pants have 3
D. Weapon has 2 (since it is already a higher iLV)
2. Other option is to give gear set bonus for collecting the whole left side and one for the whole right side.


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