Quote Originally Posted by Chiami View Post
This is a slap in the face of EVERYONE (luckily not me) who went through the massive time/gil-sink of getting ilvl 180 gear, as it is impossible to reach the stats needed, even with food and melded ilvl 170 accessories (expensive!) and all. So you made the ilvl 180 gear totally pointless and obsolete for the future of this game and totally screwed a good chunk of the crafters over.
If you check with arilyalas page, then you can see that is possible reach the 850/820 with just ilvl180 full left side (include handmaster tool belt) and ilvl180 second hand using Beet Soup HQ and either be specialist or use FC buffs