Remove RNG from loot

[ErryK]

The gear is the same level as the crafted set, except worse because you can't overmeld it.

It actually has less stats to account for materia melding. The only reason crafted gear is better is because you can meld VIT, in the case of accessories, and more off-stats in the case of Direct Hit in regards to healers and tanks.

[Darrcyphfeid]

It actually has less stats to account for materia melding. The only reason crafted gear is better is because you can meld VIT, in the case of accessories, and more off-stats in the case of Direct Hit in regards to healers and tanks.

No, sir, you're mistaken. The stats are different, but the value of the secondaries and the primaries (whatever they may be) are identical between the crafted and the normal raid gear. Except the normal raid gear accepts only 1 materia, whereas crafted gear accepts 5 - and 2 of them can be of Grade 6. Take what I'm wearing right now as an example/proof:



Tank accessories are actually usually better than the upgraded Tomestone/Savage ones, even. And healers probably shouldn't be trying to meld Direct Hit since it doesn't affect their heals.

Some items have garbage secondary stats (e.g. no crit on bard, no tenacity on tank, etc). So, a mix of the two is required for optimal 350 gear.

:thinking:

I'm not sure anyone cares about "optimal" sub-item capped gear, but I will grant that going and doing one full set of anything without mixing and matching is never a terribly great idea.

[ErryK]

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I am proven wrong. I didn't realize that, I thought they'd account for materia melding considering that's what they did with the Relic/Anima, seeing as they don't have meld slots, or overmeld slots in this case.

As for the Direct Hit notion, most raiding healers meld Direct Hit due to the nature of how overpowered healing is in this game, so they meld it to be able to deal more damage, thus killing the content quicker. I personally meld a little bit of Direct Hit, but not a whole lot.