Why vertical progression is poorly implemented

[Kallera]

Back in the day they did offer you an upgrade for WS gear for thf and other dd jobs in Sky.



Gear from Rhapsodies zone, the game has come so far since then. When you get level 99 you should have way better gear then level 7 boots. SE did do this eventually. Most of the end game gear now has so many stats on it, that it becomes overly complex, do people want stats like this from the current FFXI expansion in FFXIV?

Yes. I. do.

Why? Becaude It can open up far more possibilities than the overly simplistic fare that we currently have. I will take take that, over having everything designed around a treadmill that is wearing out its welcome.

You do in fact, answer your own question. "The game has come so far since then" but FFXIV feels like it isn't going anywhere. The gear, even compared to 1.0, feels more restrictive in both if they can equip for looks and what a player can do with it as a functional piece.

[Zumi]

Yes. I. do.

It's just the kitchen skin approach though. They put on almost every stat possible because they have so many jobs in the game they put weird stuff on it like magic attack for blu mages and ninja spells.

[Andrea]

It's just the kitchen skin approach though. They put on almost every stat possible because they have so many jobs in the game they put weird stuff on it like magic attack for blu mages and ninja spells.

Its better than what we currently have here.

Get the accuracy cap you need then ignore accuracy.
Get the amount of Skill speed you need then ignore Skill speed.
The only real secondary stats that you dont ignore after a while is crit and det.
Then theres also parry which unless they changed it since last time I looked at it was garbage.

The secondary stat system atm is almost nonexistent.