yep, i mean the time you take to get the gear, then you get to maybe save a little time leveling with it, or kill things a little faster. you don't have to have it. when your gearing up in any mmo ..usually that gear is only good for that type of content anyway. it's not like you put it on at rank 1, you wear it at merits or cap raises or endgame. it's something for the people who devote more time to play. and not having this type of content is what is killing mmo's.

if ffxiv started off with something similar to sky. the game would of flourished even with all the problems.