Gearing up is bad

[Akiudo]

Well you say that but just this savage tier we had the cost of the tome weapon reduced down to 500. Clearly they are capable of adjusting tome prices.

they also removed belts, which saves another 375 tomes per job. so yea, fully gearing someone in tome gear allready is 875 tomes cheaper than it was before. that being said, sorry but people need to realize that the price of items actually is intentional timegating which one can disagree wit if so inclined, but "just letting you earn more tomestones" would completly defeat the purpose of their being a cap in the first place.

The weapon was too high and they won't adjust anything else if it was easier for u get gear you then compline there nothing to do

gotta be honest here, i do in fact appreciate the weapon being made cheaper, but i don't really see how the cost of the weapons was too high considering weapons offer more stats than legs/chest and were barely more expensive.

[Saraide]

they also removed belts, which saves another 375 tomes per job. so yea, fully gearing someone in tome gear allready is 875 tomes cheaper than it was before. that being said, sorry but people need to realize that the price of items actually is intentional timegating which on can disagree wit hif so inclined, but "just letting you earn more tomestones" would completly defeat the purpose of their being a cap in the first place.

Yes it is intentional time gating. Is anyone denying that? The point is to make the time gate less impactful, especially for people trying to gear multiple jobs, something explicitely encouraged by being able to level every job on the same character but discouraged by having a tight tome cap.

[KageTokage]

They just need to standardize the amount of books needed for gear at four books per piece.

It doesn't make sense to timegate players who've cleared savage so heavily when they don't necessarily even have something harder to use their shiny new gear on if there's no new ultimate releasing.

[kpxmanifesto]

I am watching Xenosys and I agree. I think gearing up takes way to long. 450 tome cap is weak and stupid. Should be able to get 900 tomes a week or just let it hit 2k anytime.

Gotta figure out a way to make players stay subscribed for the longest period of time. Can't have players getting their gear too quickly then unsubbing till the next content patch.

[Bacent]

Here you go: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...eekly-Cap-Gear

[AnnRam]

Tomes should be removed. Can't believe in 2022 still using the same formula from 2007 mmos .

Introduce a new system for gear and progression already. 1 decade using the same method.

[drtasteyummy]

Why tho'? The progression naturally supports an uplift of simplifying content over months and it's not like you REALLY need it.
Here is something that is truly bad about the system, people that genuinely enjoy the game at a slow pace are being punished each week because the lack of storing mechanics.

[Vahlnir]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[Waterscape]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

it's not broken but it could be way better.

[LaylaTsarra]

Gearing is fine with a combination of raid/crafted and tome gear. the 450 cap works although 600 tomes might be a better cap per week in my view. its designed to be a weekly thing people do and i doubt they'll change it.

They at least reduced the tome weapon number from 1000 to 500 and that was long overdue.