Why IS the savage lockout system the way it is?

[Deveryn]

Absolutely this.

It's ridiculous that a game where you can play every job on one character does a u-turn at endgame and limits you to one BiS job per 2 months. It doesn't stretch the content or prevent burnout, it causes burn out because you might want to try an alt job in Savage but just can't face waiting 2 months for decent gear and decide it's not worth the hassle.

It's also strange to refuse to stretch out content in most areas of the game except a tiny handful of activities like Savage or 500 hour long grinds for achievements. Most players don't even do Savage so it only applies to a small fraction of the player base anyway. It doesn't really make sense.

Basically I'd be fine with 8 weeks on average for BiS, but not per job. The raid tier is dead and the next one on the way before you even get through 3 jobs.

If anything doesn't make sense it's this supposed need to change things up partway through, which would be potentially disruptive in a static situation. Savage is no place to be flip flopping. You should know what you really want to do by the time you get there. If you still don't know, wait and figure it out.

[ZedxKayn]

If anything doesn't make sense it's this supposed need to change things up partway through, which would be potentially disruptive in a static situation. Savage is no place to be flip flopping. You should know what you really want to do by the time you get there. If you still don't know, wait and figure it out.

In my static nearly every one would be down to flex their role if someone wanted to reclear on a different job, but no one did that because we didn't have the gear. Variety in jobs keeps the fights interesting for a longer period of time. 2 months on the same job is incredibly boring. People can want to do different stuff in a video game depending on the day and their mood and it's very silly that XIV suddenly doesn't enable that when it comes to gearing. It also applies for ultimate, a fair amount of ultimate raiders are perfectly capable on clearing the fights on more than one role, a significant amount of legends I know actually have done it.