Quote Originally Posted by Alexander_Dragonfang View Post
Yet, i go back to the raid selling problem. Why would anyone care to get entry level gear if it can just buy the raid get itself? And considering tomegear is always an option, is better to gear up in the free tomegear, save money for a while, then pay for your runs and gear drops later when raid groups start selling. POINTLESS.
That depends, if it's 100k to gear up and try yourself as much as you like vs. 1mil to get one easy ride, which will most players choose? It's true that tomestone gear provides a low cost alternative, but if it's gear that's released at the same time as new tomestones, that means grinding that's probably comparable to the effort to earn the gil. The big difference is that most of us don't start at 0 gil each time new tomestones are released. Beyond that, there's always the chance that gear from one set or another will have secondary stats that better suit your playstyle/class vs. the other options.

However, I have little faith in SE to get this right. Those recipes will probably be specialist-only, require harder-to-get materials than we would have thought, and probably still be inferior to new tomestone gear even in its non-upgraded state. I've got just enough time left on my subscription to sit back and watch MB prices go nuts with this for the next patch. Seeing relic weapons cost more than houses has shown just how poorly they have thought things through. On top of the fact that housing itself was pretty poorly though through (at least player-owned housing anyway), it shows that their track record isn't exactly stellar.