Thread: The Current Status of FFXIV Patch 3.1 and How to Address it Moving Forward

Originally Posted by Mycow8me

For ppl who get there first job to 60, they have to aquire a full set of law gear including jewelry before they can even do alex norm. You cant get a single eso armor your first week. Forget voidark, the ilvl is even higher. Its ridiculous just getting to the point of being able to raid. Way to discourage would be raiders to the raiding community.

This is what I've been replying to for the record, I should have clarified since I couldn't quote on phone.

Edit : and I just realized my copy pasta didn't make it over for some reason.

Tl;dr : If you can't find the time to gear yourself up (and I'm talking i200+, because that's more or less what A3s and onward demands), you probably can't find the time to commit to hitting those raids, either. A1s and A2s is do-able with full i190, moreso with some 200 pieces.

Players excluding people out of PF for having <i200 is a player created problem, so the solution can also be player-created by making your own PF for learning parties (assuming that's what you're going for to begin with).