Quote Originally Posted by Betelgeuzah View Post
If you are skilled, yes. Gear shouldn't be a hindrance.

That's not a reason to stop striving to be better. You could defeat any encounter in XI half-naked with enough skill, good gear simply wasn't a necessity. That didn't stop people from trying to achieve better results. In that game improvements weren't so obvious at all, usually one upgrade could be seen in parsers at best. But it was still an upgrade which gave it value in itself. This game is the same way. Plus the fact is that someone who is skilled but naked will still lose to someone who is skilled and has gear to boost his stats.

In a nutshell, just because upgrades aren't needed won't stop the community from aiming towards them. I think this is a fantastic thing. Skill>gear isn't a negative.
I agree with you.

But at what point do your investments start to become trivial?

Should I spend 1.5 million on a +42~ Crit attack materia.. or go with a +30 for 150K?

Maybe one day SE will put in 'DPS dummies' like WoW has... that's one idea from WoW I would appreciate in FFXIV.