Thread: Request: 3.0 Job Customizing

Originally Posted by Lainmyst

...changing the ilevel system to a more "living" gear system. Instead of the constant grind to upgrade gear to keep up with new patches...

I would love something like this. It gets me thinking of another suggestion to add to my list. It could work similar to FF9 where each piece of gear past lvl 50 will have traits to improve abilities. Once spiritbonded it becomes active or perhaps you unlock that trait and you can slot it to your character. Of course the amount of slotted traits would be limited so you couldn't just throw on everything and be superhuman.

Oh and i hope to see Determination reworked. It destroys builds variety

Originally Posted by Kuwagami

how so ? It's just a flat damage/heal increase...

That's why i think it destroys variety.. till will have det working as it is now all other stats will come after determination no matter the jobs you play

Originally Posted by Kuwagami

how so ? It's just a flat damage/heal increase...

Because there are auto-crit abilities on which Crit is wasted while Det instead increases their bonuses and for its added reliability, it is the top stat for all jobs except Black Mage or where a class/lob mechanic gives an abnormally high reliance on Crit (Bloodletter and Adlo). Due to Det's higher price (less Det than Crit/SS/Acc on a given piece of same ilvl gear if the other secondary was identical at an identical amount), critical strike may still edge it out very slightly on Ninja and possibly DRG (less so since LS's CD reduc), especially if the Det value is already high, thereby increasing the worth of other stats, but that's about it. It's an altogether excellent stat, whereas only BLM can make real use of Speed and Crit can go to waste or perform unreliably (Monk; tanks and healers).

Originally Posted by IsaacDamodred

My stats shouldn't be overwhelmingly determined by my gear. A naked level 50 char should still have plenty of inherent power from the just that fact that it LEVELED 49 times.

I have to agree with you, but at the same time I feel obliged to note how little time is spent leveling a character to cap compared to the time spent after that. Without a new system in place (say... AP, as opposed to XP) that does not cap, gear will have to be the measure of that continued play after cap, rather than xp.

...Here's hoping for said system, then?

(That said, this, much like an unchangeable set of bonus attributes, would lack the versatility of multiple gear choices for someone who has multiple top ilvl gear sets. It would aid consistency and the gear dependence a bit less ridiculous, but, in the end, not necessarily customization. Something that bridges the gap between ilvls somewhat, allowing the use of a particular i100 piece for its secondary stats over an i120 piece, would probably be the most useful as far as "customization goes". But by now I'm just thinking to myself. Please ignore.)

The gear grind is it part of every MMO and developer haven't replaced that system yet. There two types of end game progression the gear grind and increasing the innate power of the player character abilities.

Originally Posted by Akiza

The gear grind is it part of every MMO and developer haven't replaced that system yet. There two types of end game progression the gear grind and increasing the innate power of the player character abilities.

The reason I responded to this thread is, this is changing with the first expansion for Guild Wars 2. One of the big changes they have been talking about is the idea of leveling gear via skills you can get, in this case a new npc race I believe will give you different skills to level up or increase your gear's abilities. Even though this is just one game, I would hope there is movement in this direction for other games including this one.