What's the point of always "changing" the tomestones?

[Nihility]

It's just to reset progress so no one has a headstart

[Zsolen]

This is the only reason. However it would have been nicer to leave each tomes for each major patch (2.x, 3.x, 4.x) separate so that they could separate the dungeon and roulette rewards so people don't spam MSQ/POTD for poetics for HW gear. Like I get why they fold it in (one less currency to deal with) but perhaps it's time to just make a permanent currency that only buys the retired gear and set a cap on the number based on MSQ progress (Eg 2000, 3000, 4000.)

Yeah, that is weird, but I think there is a reason for it. A couple of expansions down the road, it will start to get untidy. That's my best guess anyway.

[Iscah]

It seems like there’d be a pretty long list of different types at this point, if they didn’t remove them over time.

Having everything bought with poetics just makes it easier - for catching up as well as for the amount of currencies. I was able to start purchasing Shire gear as soon as I arrived in Idyllshire, because I’d saved up poetics over the course of playing Heavensward. If it remained locked behind its original price, I assume I’d have to wait until I unlocked the endgame dungeons to start earning the relevant tomes.


Also, a question since this is the first time I’ve been at endgame for a “tome changeover”, is there any difference in the price when they’re converted? Does an item that cost 100 creation now cost 100 poetics, and the number of tones transfer over? Or do I want to be spending all my creation tomes before the structure changes?

[Bourne_Endeavor]

The transition would make sense, at least when viewing it from SE's eyes. I get that SE wants to keep everyone at the same progress level, but it really wouldn't hurt to come into a patch 2 weeks ahead of the game had you been stockpiling your tomes.

It wouldn't be a two week head start, some jobs would have almost their full tome gear the day the patch dropped. For example, DRG bis requires Helm, Body and three accessories. That totals to a cost of 2,445 Mendacity. That's my entire tome set finished on week one unless I opt to grab the tome weapon and wait two weeks on accessories.

[Neophyte]

I guess the transition phase might be a consideration, like if the new gear was going to use an existing tome you could buy 2K worth right from the start. So switching to a new tome makes everybody start at zero again for a new tier and they control your pacing a bit that way.

Hm, they can implement that you need 2000 tomestones to unlock the new tier.
Now everyone not saving up is screwed, but well.. pick your poison. ^^

[Luna-M]

The point? People not unsub.

[Rongway]

The two tomestone alternative would be (Uncapped Tomestone) and (Capped Tomestone), and at each even patch the following would happen:

Uncapped Tomestone quantity = Uncapped Tomestone quantity / 4 + Capped Tomestone quantity
Capped Tomestone quantity = 0

[Jandor]

I guess the transition phase might be a consideration, like if the new gear was going to use an existing tome you could buy 2K worth right from the start. So switching to a new tome makes everybody start at zero again for a new tier and they control your pacing a bit that way.

They should put the cap at the vendor end to be honest.

Let us gather 2000 tomes, but the vendor won't sell to us till next week once we hit 450 tomes. Would even open the door to splitting the vendors so we can have separate caps for Fending, Striking, Casting, etc.

[LalaRu]

If I read correctly the OP, he is complaining that changing the tomestone names does not change anything, and for this reason the tomestone names must be changed ?

[Masekase_Hurricane]

or just make it really simple and warn players that stored currency will be reset after maintenance. This way they can always keep the same names.