Poetics Cap Doubled!

[Lemuria]

Why would you want one of each item? Are you so iL-blind that you can't tell that some pieces of poetics gear aren't best-in-slot (nor are some dreadwyrm pieces, but that's beside the point)? The increase in cap is... unexpected, but it's not something to go nuts about.

Not everyone cares about best-in-slot, and most 'BiS' items which aren't high ilvl tend to require a fair investment to get to that stage (such as melded accessories) which some players simply can't afford. There's nothing wrong with wanting to have all the poetics items, just like there's nothing wrong with someone who wants to collect all the dreadwyrm gear. It's down to personal choice.

[Ashkendor]

I'm really happy about this. Personally I find monk armor sets fugly and I find that sad to know that some ninja armor sets are shared with monk armor sets, so I could not get the soldiery set for my ninja, or any shared monk/ninja sets. So I've decided to get the poetic ninja set for my ninja instead. I'm almost finished, I only need the gloves and the sash, but I feel better knowing I will get it earlier than expected. I hope there will be more pure ninja armor sets in the expansion.

The only ninja armor sets that are shared with monk are the ones that were already in the game when ninja was implemented. All future armor sets are supposed to have separate pieces for ninja and monks.

@cap increase - huh, I guess I have something to do now since I capped poetics last night farming ponies. Wait, I probably would've farmed more ponies today anyway so it doesn't change much. xD

[dekal]

Great I can get some new looks.

[Feyniphia]

too bad, it's not uncapped.

[saber_alter]

too bad, it's not uncapped.

having the number doubled is more than enough. getting a weapon has dropped from three to two, and you can get more than one piece per a week if you feel inclined.

[myahele]

So they nerfed poetics cap too

[Noshpan]

On one hand I am as happy as a super genius Bond villain with a plan goes as expected. I can gear up my alt classes and go into extremes & raids as alt classes without being a hindrance to the group.

On the other hand... NooOooOoOoOooOoOooOooooOooooOoooo. Mondays are my day to level a 3rd character. And the completionist in me will demand that I cap poetics on two characters.

[Vasala]

Now we just need to be able to do something with the old Soldiery gear as we upgrade to Poetic gear on main and alt classes. I am a bit surprised that we still can't turn old Soldiery gear in for Grand Company Seals or desynth it.

[Zfz]

Nice. I was just working out my Poetics plan and found that I needed to cap each week until 6/16 to prepare a full 130 tanking set for my Dark Knight. Now with 900 cap I can do it much more leisurely. (Or rather it just means I'm still gonna cap each week but now I'll be able to complete my healing set as well.)

Personally I think we should just do away with the weekly cap nonsense and shift more of the rewards into the daily roulette bonus. This means earning it steadily every day is significantly more efficient than spamming dungeons the whole day, encouraging the same play as now but giving more freedom to heavy players.

Weekly caps and rested bonus are just another incarnation of the fatigue system. Most of us should be mature enough that we don't need to be told how long each day to play games.

[ShadowYomi]

with the increase in poetics i can now fully upgrade a third alt in iron works but cant decide between ninja and summoner or maybe bard. Any suggestions for a monk and warrior main?