Are the numbers too high?

[Rydin]

Hello,

Is it possible that we are looking at this wrong?

Perhapse SE's intention was that stats from equipment should be unimportant? Perhaps the intent is that those pieces of equipment should be able to give a LITTLE extra help, a little extra edge. But otherwise not be that important? Perhaps the goal really was a 10-20% boost (depending on how good and how much materia you add)?

This would fall in line with the 'casual' intent? So casual adventurers would 'at worst' be only 10-20% behind the most hardcore adventurer, and therefore not feel bad?

Maybe I'm mistaken and SE has said something to the opposite. Or not. But some nice sticky from the devs posted till the end of time on this topic would be well appreciated.

thats only true if SE expects casual players to be nude.
Thats why Yoshi puts a big emphasis on high level crafted gear being what it is.
Its not hard to come by. Nude should be crap damage because even casual players wont be naked

So long as I'm not dealing 9,999 (let alone 99,999), I don't really care about the stat numbers. It's an MMO, there will be retardedly high numbers. Also XIII does this too. Oh well.

Well thats what we're heading towards. There are games that I shall not mention where players are dealing 15k of damage per hit

I am aware of that, I've seen the people beating endgame stuff in santa outfits, but I believe that to be a different issue entirely. Though, I'd rather see them reduce naked stats or increase the stats from gear (More likely the former than the latter), rather than divide stats across the board.

Its absolutely this issue... the fact that my damage dealing stats when nude are comparable to my DD stats fully geared
(Which once again, Kaeko, is not an indictment of the formulae. Its an observation that gear stats are a glaring affront to arrow kneed adventurers everywhere)
all things being relative you could do any or all three of those things
My personal preference would be lower stats though... Thats just me