Required rank on all gear

[Oscillate_Wildly]

A question though: will the new crafted-only (without NM drop material) be rank restricted or optimal rank?

I would like to know this as well, sorry Bay that's still a little vague. D:

[PrettyPrincess]

That's fine. I'm not going to sit here and QQ and /RAGEQUIT though

[MariyaShidou]

That's fine. I'm not going to sit here and QQ and /RAGEQUIT though

I will be /quit on 09/09/2011 for a while, readying my chainsword and taking blood for the blood god. Hopefully will see patch 1.19 and all these changes afterward.

[Adol]

Oh well.

I had my hopes up for a second there. Fingers crossed, maybe in the future we'll see it happen for real.

[AlphaDragoon]

Now see, that makes sense. Much more reasonable and sensible approach to the gear.

[Physic]

nvm it was all an error apparently

[AlphaDragoon]

I honestly think both systems can easily co-exist, and that it's best idea overall. That way you don't have people with multiple crafts getting completely screwed because all their classes aren't all the exact same level, and so on.

As for whiners going "well this means nubs will still wear high rank gear!", I think if SE simply would put in a clear visual representation of the stats you're losing by not being optimal, more folks would take it into account. In addition, once stats are fixed next patch wearing non-optimal gear is probably going to matter a lot more.

[Oscillate_Wildly]

But...But Bay! What does a crafted piece of gear have to do with the required status on looted gear? ; A;
Nothing I hope. Nothing I hope. Nothing I hope.

[Oscillate_Wildly]

Alright, seeing as this is a thread on Required Ranked gear, it was a little awkwardly placed. O:< But I'm reasonable and will give the post the benefit of the doubt and accept that it's really about two different things.

That said, I am pleased.

[Reinheart]

now that makes more sense...