More item drops in low-level dungeons

[sciondar]

I recently created a new character on a different server and just went to the vendor or market board for gear for my level as I was somehow outpacing the content for the most part. If I did manage to get a dungeon item I'd hang on to it for a similar class if I was already past its usefulness. They don't need to change anything further in my opinion from how it is now. There are plenty of ways to earn gil to afford the vendor gear and you can also get good gear from levequests. Again, just my opinion on this.

[Iscah]

I recently created a new character on a different server and just went to the vendor or market board for gear for my level as I was somehow outpacing the content for the most part.

The funny thing with "outpacing content" is that you don't actually have to keep yourself geared for your current level, just for the quests you're currently undertaking. If you're not pushing ahead with job quests or optional dungeons that can be unlocked according to your character level (eg. Qarn, Cutter's Cry, Darkhold, Aurum Vale) then you're going to be synched back down to story level for dungeons anyway.

Though some items can be very cheap on the marketboard if everyone gets them as job quest rewards, as you usually want to be equipped with that gear when you're doing the quest to begin with! In which case I tend to buy the cheap marketboard gear, do the quest, then sell the copy that I got as a reward.

Dungeon gear is nice because it tends to have better stats - eg. the Lv15 gear from the first dungeons or Hall of the Novice have the same stats as Lv23 vendor gear, and I think the Brayflox Lv32 gear lasts into the low 40s.



EDIT re. next post (so I don't hit my limit): I did forget about GC gear. Those are definitely good, although they can be a bit patchy as to whether they have all the gear pieces you need at a particular level.