Expansions should be for "catch-up" - not update patches (solution proposed)

[Whocareswhatmynameis]

I agree, I would rather see top end gear thats hard to get but lasts the whole expansion then constant easy to get gear that only lasts a patch maybe 2 before it's outdated. This is more of a FFXI way of doing things though and probably wouldn't work well with FFXIV/WoW community that we have.

[PArcher]

So, every 6 months (give or take a month) is too soon.

3.2 is not a catch-up patch. At all. They're likely delaying or even eliminating gear from the story mode of the next arm of Alexander too. So you better be good to get the best stuff.

[Fevelle]

So you better be good to get the best stuff.

What does this add to a discussion about "average players who can't gear up classes properly because of weekly lockouts and bad itemization"?

[PArcher]

What does this add to a discussion about "average players who can't gear up classes properly because of weekly lockouts and bad itemization"?

Well, you can. It just takes longer. 6 months is long enough (I have 4 jobs over i200, and another one over 190, and could have more but I got lazy. Then again, I have a lot of Savage gear to help me, so...), and if it is not you are definitely not an "average" player (funnily enough, most of the "average" players I know have at least two geared, not even touching Savage or doing much Diadem, and they don't care to play more than those jobs anyway.)

And if you don't have the time to gear up one or two jobs in 3 months, you don't have the time to do much raiding either. Which is the main point of gearing up in the first place

[Fevelle]

Well, you can. It just takes longer. 6 months is long enough (I have 4 jobs over i200, and another one over 190, and could have more but I got lazy. Then again, I have a lot of Savage gear to help me, so...), and if it is not you are definitely not an "average" player (funnily enough, most of the "average" players I know have at least two geared, not even touching Savage or doing much Diadem, and they don't care to play more than those jobs anyway.)

And if you don't have the time to gear up one or two jobs in 3 months, you don't have the time to do much raiding either. Which is the main point of gearing up in the first place

I gear up because I like my characters to have relevant gear when I want to play them. The main point of gearing is up to the player, not to commom sense of "why is gear useful for". Let's be honest, what's the point on having an armory system if you can't gear all your jobs properly because the develpment team cap tokens, drops and content?

[CookieMonsta]

Isn't the constant cycle of 2 monthly catchup patches (which is advantageous for "people with alts") trading depth for breadth? because right now, the gearing process is a friggin lake with the depth of a puddle.

[Derio]

Expansions should not be used for catchup. update patches should still be used as catchup. I would have for an entire expansion be used to allow players to catch up, leaving the average player nothing.