This patch dropped the ball hard

[AlphaFox]

Actually no its not stupid. Yes 450 cap was the norm back then and its a bad idea. Supposing you even hit the cap every week, it takes a month just to get the weapon, the chest and the armor. Two, two and a half weeks for accessories, and probably a month more for the rest.

Sure it will be easy to get esoterics tomes when esoterics gear is no longer relevant. Why bother then? Oddly enough some of us want to do relevant stuff

Then pull up your big boy pants and start gathering your tomes every week.

[Craiger]

Actually no its not stupid. Yes 450 cap was the norm back then and its a bad idea. Supposing you even hit the cap every week, it takes a month just to get the weapon, the chest and the armor. Two, two and a half weeks for accessories, and probably a month more for the rest.

Sure it will be easy to get esoterics tomes when esoterics gear is no longer relevant. Why bother then? Oddly enough some of us want to do relevant stuff

So how do you want it to work then?

Uncapped tomes? that will end with everyone being fully geared in a week, or if they make it a big grind, hardcore players will have it in a week, while others take forever.

You have to think about progression too... They can't just have gear accessible right away, making Savage too easy.

You're talking about how long it takes to get the Esoterics gear, but that's the whole point... You're not supposed to get them earlier, cause otherwise you would see everyone beating Savage way before they release the next raid, making even more players frustrated. I know hardcore raiders beat it early, but the majority of players wouldn't like it, and hardcore groups would beat the content even earlier than before.

[Jetstream_Fox]

Did anyone really expect them to not limit it to 450 a week like they have been doing for how long now? If it bothers you so much that you can't fully gear up in a week come back when the new Tomes are released and Esoterics are acted as Law. Overall, I am just tired of seeing people complaining over stupid stuff like this.

No one wants to gear up in a week, I don't know how you or others are getting this. We want more ways to obtain gear without having to wait a week for a reset. It's really not a hard thing to understand nor is it a good direction for the game.

[Yshnal]

Do you know what was great in 2.0? You had several alternate paths to get equivalent gear without one requiring you to go with the path that provided the other ones, and you could do that in the same patch. Relics required completing something hard (back then) instead of mindlessly farming 1723892739172893123 hours. Oh, and crafting and gathering wasn't like a second job.

The fault of this is of the selfsame players that complained about this in these forums. They're the ones that have changed this game into this crap. Same with hunts, and all the timesinks and frustrating stuff, getting rid of everything that made 2.0 fun.

[AlphaFox]

Nobody wants a 450 cap limit that takes month to gear toward

Sure sounds that way to me.

[Gramul]

I don't understand. This is how it's been going sense 2.0 started. How are you surprised?

[Aeyis]

I don't understand. This is how it's been going sense 2.0 started. How are you surprised?

Well, 2.0 didnt take 4 weeks (mandatory) to gear up one crafting class. While also being locked out of making items for selling, or for friends/fc.

[Gramul]

Well, 2.0 didnt take 4 weeks (mandatory) to gear up one crafting class. While also being locked out of making items for selling, or for friends/fc.

It's doing the same thing it did for other classes in 2.0.
Limiting progression through weekly limitations to keep players from having nothing to do.

It's just another of very very many speed bumps to keep you paying as per usual.

[Arkista]

It's doing the same thing it did for other classes in 2.0.
Limiting progression through weekly limitations to keep players from having nothing to do.

It's just another of very very many speed bumps to keep you paying as per usual.

And this should be changed. Yoshida isn't even giving it a chance.

[AxilyaOryl]

And this should be changed. Yoshida isn't even giving it a chance.

There are many other things that should be changed first, and this is one of the last things.

The amount of tomestones is set like that so the team can appropriately release new patches on time. If you had the chance to earn double tomestones a week, you'd complain twice as fast that THERE IS NO CONTENT BOOO SQUARE ENIX FIX IT WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING.

Find something else to do if you are done farming tomestones.