Gearset Stat Permutations, why they are bad, and what you can do to fix them!~

[JunseiKei]

Because no one is asking for a "billion". Right now we literally only have two options, with one ranging from "meh" to "perfect" and the other one being "hell no". Some variety on that scale certainly wouldn't hurt, and it would only allow other ways to gear up our side jobs since tomestones are only good for gearing a single job at a time; unless, of course, you're a one-trick-pony.

The billion is an exaggeration. Each class has desired secondary stats, so adding in other options are still inferior. They will just fall by the wayside like the Dun Scaith gear and crafted gear. For side jobs, you have crafted gear, which is still better than the tier before it. Unless you're a raider, you don't really need anything better until raid upgrades are made accessible through hunts.

Options we have this tier:
- Prototype
- Crafted
- Script
- Dun Scaith (in a few days)
- Alexandrian
- Augmented

Again, unless you're raiding, even the prototype will get you through the content (and good players with Midan can literally do everything this tier). Reading the first post over again, what is being asked is to make crafted and 24-man gear far better than it is (which 2.x had BiS crafted gear; this time around, SE accounted for crafted gear and made it so it couldn't be better than raid rewards) while limiting just as much as script gear. This would allow people to gear up far stronger far faster. It means they'd have to adjust content accordingly, as well. It would also completely undermine the point of raiding if the total stat point of the lower gear made it become BiS. People already complained about this happening with relic; we're now stuck with a relic that is pretty useless for a majority of expansions (unless you don't raid).

Still, as it is, WPDM> main stat> balance of secondaries that give you more total stat points. Even if you add in other options, people will buy and plan for the best (still augmented and raid gear). Making crafted gear not be as good, yet consume scripture gear best spent on something that will be your BiS might actually hurt crafters in the end. Having options is a great notion, but balancing is a thing.