Duty Recorder Forgotten?

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Regarding gear though. It may be true you don't see many dedicated skill speed builds or something but its equally true that many people just don't care for the stats in general.
"Oh my current body is 350 this one is 360 I'll buy and equip it."
What the stats are isn't even considered because I level is the only one that really matters. No one's cares if the 350 body had crit and the 360 has skill speed instead. All they look at is the item level Another reason why gear is cheap , dull and most players still never really invest and meld it.

Compare it to say glamour. Where people will often spend tens of millions of gil on a glamour item or 30 million gil on a pegasus whistle because it's worth something to them. But spend 100k on materia to improve there stats on there gear. No chance. Waste of money.... which is why people often say glamour is the endgame. Because it's the only thing that has any form of value.

Which is why quite a few players will put significantly more effort into getting a glamour piece than they will getting one that is actually an upgrade..

If you actually raided or crafted, you would know how wrong such a sentiment is. Bard and Monk both use i350 pentamelded crafted accessories (Bracelet and Ring, respectively). Tank alternates i370 and i350. If you care anything about min/maxing, which plenty of raiders do, you absolutely care about those secondary stats because the whole idea is squeezing even more damage. Furthermore, the materia market is arguably the most consistent sale outside consumables. Looking at the Cactuar market, all three Direct Hit, Crit and Determination grade VI materia were bought until the page spilled over just this morning. If you think people wouldn't pay 100k, then you weren't paying attention before Cracked Crystals became commonplace. Even now, they routinely sell for 60-70k at the beginning of a tier, only to come down later on. Crafting and Gathering materia frequently sell for over 200-300k depending on the server.

People pay millions for glamour due to impatience and caring more about their character's appearance. The Ao Dai was once five million. Now? Not even one million anymore.

As Moro said above. If you care only about dungeons, of course nothing but ilvl matters. That content isn't intended to be anything except mindless chill. If you approach Savage, and care about improving as a player. You will care about your secondaries.