Thread: 2.5 and Poetics...

Originally Posted by Deathscythe343

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.

When you refer poetic gear are you referring to pre upgrade or post upgrade?
Also with WoD more then likely rewarding i120 gear and dropping the items needed to upgrade poetic gear to i130, I can't see them breaking the pattern they've been following since 2.0 came out.

Originally Posted by Allard

Wait, will there be a 2.6?

There wont be a 2.6 but 3.0 will be a fresh even start, on even updates so far coils and CT raids switch to uncap and every other even patch new tome gear is introduced along with new crafted gear.

Originally Posted by ArkNova

When you refer poetic gear are you referring to pre upgrade or post upgrade?

Pre upgrade. While I suspect that many people will farm the crap out of WoD and poetics if they are both removed from their perspective lockouts, I dont see many people getting multiple full sets of poetics gear and then farming up every upgrade token they would need to make the gear i130.

If WoD has its loot lockout removed prior to the expansion, which seems likely, Im betting that most people get the WoD gear for their alts and use the upgrade tokens for the first and second highest played jobs.

If poetics gear has its cap removed, the costs will likely remain the same which would deter some from gathering multiple full sets. But I am sure that some will try.

It seems more likely, at least to me that if this happens people will use the unlimited loot from WoD to gather gear and then use their poetics to buy the accessories for their jobs.

Also, I should note that I don't think that things like this would happen prior to patch 2.55. This way it would only give players a limited amount of time before the expansion comes out.

Originally Posted by Deathscythe343

No one is going to run a level 50 raid to gear their level 60 job.

Like nobody do low level dungeons and FATEs to get a ilevel 125 weapon? ^^
If the reward is right, people would do old content

Originally Posted by silentwindfr

exept you are forgeting the main goal of Yoshida, make sure a maximum of people have done the content they have added soo far. people will not really come back to BC2-3 when Heavenward will be out, then the best way (without add echo) is to take out the lock out, since anyway, at best 1-2 month after the part 2 the expansion will be out.

Then also nerf coil 11-13 to the ground during 2.5