Quote Originally Posted by Lemuria View Post
I agree, and it is probably the biggest flaw in FFXIV to date, and one I sorely hope they address at some point. Until the level cap rise from 75 and beyond, there were tons of new gear being added which wasn't a direct upgrade over another but had benefits unique to that item. That means some gear was better for some content, while other gear was better for others.

In FFXIV it feels like they actually went out of their way to keep equipment as boring as possible so that the next 'upgrade' would be obvious. And since it's currently the only real form of character progression in the game, locking it behind extreme content is just foolhardy.

Bring back unique equipment. Make finding new gear fun again. That will do more good for FFXIV than any amount of hardcore content would ever do.
Thats one of the reasons most other games are using elemental wheel...