The Removal of Item Level 90 Gear

[Penguinmayhem]

Before I get seventeen million replies, I know the i90 artifact gear hasn't been completely removed from the game.

I understand the mentality behind making i100 gear the new lowest rung on the gear ladder, so to speak. I know this has been the team's MO since the relaunch. I know there are now more ways to get Soldiery tomes.
My gripe here is that the only way to purchase i90 gear now is by doing a dungeon that requires i80 and getting lucky on a loot drop. In return, the prices on i100 gear with allied seals is absolutely ridiculous and, frankly, impossible to achieve without at least several weeks of work on A and S rank hunts.

So, rather than having an easy step up into the post-50 gear ladder, now what? Is everyone new 50 expected to just grind the endgame dungeons until they get gear drops? Am I supposed to drop everything else I was doing and grind up soldiery tomes to get my level 50 gear so I can do half the endgame content? Or was SE's intention with this to promote the craft and sale of i70 gear?

I fail to understand what the hell they were trying to accomplish here other than alienate a lot of people. Please feel free to tell me what a lame noob I am and reassert how this new gear grind is far too easy.

[ElHeggunte]

Syrcus Tower still drops ilvl100 gear and there's no weekly loot lock anymore. Other than that, I agree about the soldiery and artifact gear being cumbersome to obtain now.

Never mind, you can still obtain the ilvl100 gear with soldiery in Mor Dhona, the same as before.

[tocsin]

Personally, I believe this is SE's way of saying "We really messed up gear progression with Hunts, this patch fixes it". now, fresh 50's have a clearly defined gear up path, and not essentially spoonfed i90 in a matter of hours.

I don't really like the new time requirement either, but at least its more consistent now.

[joefriedrich56]

Syrcus Tower still drops ilvl100 gear and there's no weekly loot lock anymore. Other than that, I agree about the soldiery and artifact gear being cumbersome to obtain now.

Never mind, you can still obtain the ilvl100 gear with soldiery in Mor Dhona, the same as before.

St no longer has a loot lock. When was it removed?

[Xaphire]

St no longer has a loot lock. When was it removed?

Today. Read patch notes.

[Garlyle]

It does seem there's kind of an initial hurdle to cross now for fresh 50s to reach the point at which they can start purchasing Soldiery gear. Main Scenario roulette grants 100 Soldiery, and so does Labyrinth of the Ancients (If you can get into it these days); Low Level as a 50 grants 60 Soldiery as well (and 5 Poetry interestingly).

It wouldn't be so bad if Allied Seals still let you purchase Myth gear, since the prices on those were very very low and could be fairly easily obtained simply through daily/weekly hunts as well, but yeah.

[Rei_Zero]

What is the problem? Allagan Tomestone of Soldiery is unlimited now, besides, you are getting more Soldiery on Dungeon, hunting from before.
Would be stupid if you need same efforts for getting 120 equipment that 100 or 90.

[tocsin]

What is the problem? Allagan Tomestone of Soldiery is unlimited now, besides, you are getting more Soldiery on Dungeon, hunting from before.
Would be stupid if you need same efforts for getting 120 equipment that 100 or 90.

Actually, they didn't increase the amount of soldiery from hunts. They are pretty much the least effective way to gear up now.

20 soldiery, 20 seals, no poetics from hunts.

You do get more from dungeons, though, however those gains are still on a daily bonus.

[ElHeggunte]

What is the problem? Allagan Tomestone of Soldiery is unlimited now, besides, you are getting more Soldiery on Dungeon, hunting from before.
Would be stupid if you need same efforts for getting 120 equipment that 100 or 90.

Actually, yeah. After initially replying to this thread I logged back in to check: Auriana still sells the ilvl100 equipment for soldiery. That same gear just so happened to have been moved to the allied seal vendor too.

[Garlyle]

What is the problem? Allagan Tomestone of Soldiery is unlimited now, besides, you are getting more Soldiery on Dungeon, hunting from before.
Would be stupid if you need same efforts for getting 120 equipment that 100 or 90.

The problem mostly has to do with people who're fresh 50s. You get FAR less Soldiery compared to Myth, and so crossing the initial hurdle - getting from i45-50-ish as you would be at the end of the game into an iLvl that will let you participate in a lot of content - is going to be notably slower.