whoa whoa whoa slow down

[MicahZerrshia]

Since 3.0 our ilvls have gone...

i160 > i170 > i180 > i190 > i200 > i210

Seriously slow down. You are outdating content and drops way to fast. Why bang our heads against the wall get a piece of gear that's going to just be retainer gear in a couple weeks?

[Inferiae]

Why bang our heads against the wall get a piece of gear that's going to just be retainer gear in a couple weeks?

Because Faust is a b*tch.

Seriously, though. I was surprised with the ilevel pace too, but I think that with Esoterics out, it's gonna go back to the old pace now. It was all pre-gear for Esoterics/Alex Savage.

[Whocareswhatmynameis]

Yea the gear will stay the same for a while, but before heavensward is over there will more than likely be a couple more 30 item level jumps in gear.

[Atreides]

iLvl 210 is going to be the highest for a while now at last until 3.2 comes.

[Bojobear]

I agree, too fast. Overwhelming.

[Whiteroom]

I think the gear pace was more about getting people hooked while enough content was released to keep everyone interested. By the time we get Eso gear, they will release 3.1 with more content, relic, and Eso upgrades to keep us hooked.

[Mellaz]

Off topic but do you mind telling me from what anime that gif you have is from? It looks funny XD

[ServerCollaps]

same as in 2.0

ilvl 55 -> 95

now 160 -> 210

its basically nearly the same jump

[Vespar]

Item levels nearly drove me away from XIV a week or so ago. Instead I actually quit raiding a few days after 3.05 and I'm much happier for it!! The item lvl thing has gotten out of hand in my opinion.
I agree with the OP. I barely got my first job to i170 before I was getting messages from my static expecting me to have full i180 before Alexander NM dropped. So, I spent an entire 3 days doing nothing but non-stop hunts when I really wanted to be gathering/crafting and levelling other classes to see if I'd rather play one of those.
I finally hit i180 after all those hunts and upgrading just to have my efforts invalidated 1-2 days later because i190 stuff was implemented in Alex Normal Mode. So then it was everyman for them self in NM as far as lots go. Then 2 weeks later Savage dropped and folks in my static were freaking out that we NEED to get full i190 for Savage runs. That lasted ONE day before they were freaking out that they wanted us all to be i200+ as soon as possible so we could easily clear this floor or that floor or what have you... My story isn't uncommon either I'm afraid...
. . . .
But, Ya know what happened next? Their pressuring me to gear up and gear up and gear up (and level and gear up another job cuz Bard at the time was getting so much flak) caused me to jump ship on my static. I quit. I quit raiding so I could go and ENJOY myself and the rest of the game. Gear, raiding and ilvls are only a necessity for raiding. Sure, they make things easier in other content too but its not a necessity in any of that. I can gear up slowly with Esoterics and it will get easier eventually. But I no longer care about raiding and by extension item levels and Im that much happier for it. I finally got the chance to go enjoy other things!

In the future, I hope SE learns from this. I understand the raiders want to raid as fast as humanly possible, but there are more than just raiders out there, let's take it easy and ease into it next time please. I'd rather not burn out on the game in a week.
Besides, back in 2.X we didn't just suddenly jump from i55>i120+. No, it happened gradually over the course of several major patches.

At the current pace we'll be i400 by Halloween. :P

[Frederick22]

Lets remember guys how was on 2.0? emmmm from 1 to 90 xD
from that point was 20 ilvl each 2 patches
This is no different.