Thread: 2.5 and Poetics...

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.

I'm sure in 2.55 or when they release the second half of 2.5 we will see unlimited poetic tomestones. Since there is no 2.6 and removing that cap at the expansion would be... pointless.

Irrelevant for established players. In one of the recent interviews someone interviewing Yoshi-p said the i90 JSE gear from Snowcloak, Sastasha (Hard Mode), and Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard Mode) was hard for fresh players to obtain and Yoshi-P admitted that the antique gear used to make the i90 JSE was made in mind as a means for players to turn them in for grand company seals and that they would figure out a better way for fresh players to acquire that gear.

I don't expect to see a raise in the item level until 3.0, World of Darkness will be the conclusion of Crystal tower and the item level from that place will probably be 120 given LoA's was 80, and ST's is 100.

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.

If its anything like Myth and Sol before, then the cap will be removed in 2.6 whilst a new tome is introduced: This happened to Myth in 2.2, and Sol in 2.4.

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Wait, will there be a 2.6?

Originally Posted by Rufalus

or introduce new plans for that gear to make it still relevant, such as letting you desynth it into highly useful materials for crafting.

Oh god no please, I've been trying to level my GSM desynth on and off for weeks, and the only place to get the i90 stuff to desynth is in Coil T1-4, sure its fast but i spent like 20 runs the other day and won exactly 2 items.. gee a whole .45 skill up for 2 hours work.

Originally Posted by Allard

Wait, will there be a 2.6?

that the point, no 2.6, we are jumping directly to the 3.0, i think they will remove most of the lockout for the 2.5 part 2. for give people more stuff to do while waiting for the 3.0.

Originally Posted by Allard

If its anything like Myth and Sol before, then the cap will be removed in 2.6 whilst a new tome is introduced: This happened to Myth in 2.2, and Sol in 2.4.

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Wait, will there be a 2.6?

Nope. 2.5 is the last patch before the expansion. This is why myself and others think that this may happen.