Improving 330 gear through hunts is a TERRIBLE idea!

[Galgarion]

Wait, no it's not. It's a great idea! This means we casuals can continue to improve our characters, albeit at a slower rate than the raiding community. It rewards time invested: there was never any reason to gate the best equipment behind raiding, since all it was going to be used for was more raiding. That's wasteful! Hardcore raiders will still get the titles, the mounts, the prestige, and that nice warm glowing feeling that comes from knowing that you're better than the rest of us. But the rest of us will get something to work towards, and that's nice. And who knows, maybe people who wouldn't have given raiding a shot before out of nervousness will be emboldened enough to give it a shot and help grow that section of the community. Either way, this is good for the game, right?

[ilea]

FWIW, higher ilevel gear will be made available in the new 24-man raid, which should be pretty accessible to the majority of players.

Outside of gear upgrades, there's little incentive for raiders to clear a stage more than once. Plus, I would say most current (non-Omega Savage) content doesn't even benefit from higher ilevels.

[Arutan]

Again, 340 gear is useless for non-raider. Susano and Lakshmi can be done 300, and Shinryu EX will probably ask no more than 320 or 330 with the release of 24man raid. The only reason they add upgrade in the hunt is once again to give people a reason to do it because it's so crappy nobody would do it otherwise.

[Snow_Princess]

Again, 340 gear is useless for non-raider. Susano and Lakshmi can be done 300, and Shinryu EX will probably ask no more than 320 or 330 with the release of 24man raid. The only reason they add upgrade in the hunt is once again to give people a reason to do it because it's so crappy nobody would do it otherwise.

UGH! its satire, and obviously so if you ready the first sentence of the OP. This person recently posted something funny in a different thread, likely the one this thread is mocking.

[technole]

It's best to lock upgrades behind raids. Also savage upgrades are still limited to 1x drop/week/per-raid even in savage (glaze, twine roborant). Just like how they are 1x/week/person in the casual 24-man raids when they open it up there.

Even if they opened it up to hunts they'd have to lock it out to only being purchasable once a week then. Not be open to just anyone who can grind hunts all-day.

[Tint]

and...? you can upgrade tome gear through hunts in the odd numbered patches since they implemented the hunt in 2.3... this is nothing new.

[Dinadan]

Are people actually complaining about being able to upgrade tomestone gear through hunts? Those complaining must be new to the game; hunt upgrades and 24-man drops have been a staple of the catch-up patches for a long time now. Perhaps they're arguing against casuals being able to catch-up to raider item levels? I'd say it isn't a big deal since item levels are ephemeral and glamour is the true end-game. Raiders will still have their exclusive glamours.

[Thoro39]

Completing savage has not granted anyone any extra titles since the start of Heavensward and Upgrades through hunts has been in the game since (late) ARR as well, so you're kind of out of touch with the state of affairs and maybe inform yourself better.

[Galgarion]

Completing savage has not granted anyone any extra titles since the start of Heavensward and Upgrades through hunts has been in the game since (late) ARR as well, so you're kind of out of touch with the state of affairs and maybe inform yourself better.

You're not my supervisor.

[Snow_Princess]

Even after pointing out the point of this thread, people still missing it ><