Thread: 2.5 and Poetics...

I don't think I've ever seen it mentioned, but isn't 2.5 and the release of a new CT about the time when we get our top currency cap removed and introduced to a new one? I doubt they'd introduce a new one this close to the expansion, but I haven't heard anything about the poetic cap so was curious if you guys think they'll remove the cap sometime in 2.5 so people can start gearing up and clearing stuff before the expansion hits.

Originally Posted by Reiryuu

I don't think I've ever seen it mentioned, but isn't 2.5 and the release of a new CT about the time when we get our top currency cap removed and introduced to a new one? I doubt they'd introduce a new one this close to the expansion, but I haven't heard anything about the poetic cap so was curious if you guys think they'll remove the cap sometime in 2.5 so people can start gearing up and clearing stuff before the expansion hits.

No. Myth was taken out long after ST had become largely irrelevant aside from sand/oil.

Pretty sure poetic cap will stay as as it is now.

While I agree that the expansion will likely be there time when they give us a new tomestone, I do not think they will remove the weekly cap until 2.55 at the earliest. This is because 2.55 seems like the logical time for them to remove the loot lockout for WoD and with that giving players unlimited access to i120 gear. In doing that, it would not make sense for them to keep the cap on poetics. Which is why I think that then is the time they will remove it.

Originally Posted by Felis

If they do it like last times, WoD weekly item lockout don't get removed before 3.0

I am not saying they will or will not do anything. Just what seems to make sense. If the starting gear in the expansion is better than i120, then there is no reason to keep the loot lockout in WoD. If they remove the loot lockout prior to the expansion, then there is no reason to have 1 set of i120 gear with no restrictions, and 1 set of gear hidden behind a weekly cap.

Originally Posted by Deathscythe343

If the starting gear in the expansion is better than i120, then there is no reason to keep the loot lockout in WoD.

But when we talk about 'starting gear' in the expansion, what would that be exactly? The job-specific AF2 stuff at lv60? I feel there's a big question mark about how powerful that is going to be. It might crap over even the strongest lv50 gear, but it might not. And when you talk about the raid/currency gear in the expansion, then you run into lockouts, so the old WoD would still be there to gear jobs while you wait for slow weekly progression on new locked content. If they do plan to make an unprecedented move and having you instantly get gear in expansion that blows out everything that came before it, then they can either do what you are suggesting and remove old lockouts early, or introduce new plans for that gear to make it still relevant, such as letting you desynth it into highly useful materials for crafting.

Originally Posted by Rufalus

. And when you talk about the raid/currency gear in the expansion, then you run into lockouts, so the old WoD would still be there to gear jobs while you wait for slow weekly progression on new locked content.

No one is going to run a level 50 raid to gear their level 60 job. That is simply not going to happen. I expect the staring gear for the expansion to be on par with poetics or slightly better. This is also why I think that the WoD loot lockout will be removed prior to the expansion. This would give all players the ability to get i120 gear for as many jobs as they would like in preparation for this.