Make gear less boring

[Shougun]

let me start by saying that was an example. It doesnt have to be that way. For instance you can get it from the normal ways such as tome, crafted, etc. Or have other outlets to get gear. take for dungeons allows us to argument the gear from there to the current lvl or something

Ah~ I want to add its not really addressing you, SE mentioned the idea in that format previously- I just find it a bit annoying that interesting gear was removed for balance for higher end content, as obvious balance isnt as important in MSQ, and then later only brought back exclusive to higher end content. Get a cool toy taken away because others will math calculate fun out and then it gets added back exclusive to the people who got it removed (unintentionally).

I just dont like the narrative itself lol. Can't have nice things because too many options to balance, but if we restrict the nice things to the people who effectively had it removed for balance reasons.. its now balanced.... boo! Haha.

I love gear that tells a story and can change your gameplay style, it is of course harder to balance.


Personally I would either lean towards effects that work when you can obtain echo, if we want wild effects with less balance, or materia like slot system- which could be even soul crystal based rather than gear. Might even appear like a GW2 like specializing or WoW borrowed power (minus the losing the power aspect).

[ThaCa]

They should first make Jobs less boring. Tanks and Healers are for most part dissapointing in comparison to DPS who also currently suffer from the boring buffstacking meta.

With set bonuses you would just go from wearing mix of tome/savage to either one, with piece spesific bonuses you would still use mix of tome/savage gear. Unless they completely overhauled the gearing system with more sources of endgame gear we would still be stuck with more of the same with a slight twist.

[KitingGenbu]

They should first make Jobs less boring. Tanks and Healers are for most part dissapointing in comparison to DPS who also currently suffer from the boring buffstacking meta.

With set bonuses you would just go from wearing mix of tome/savage to either one, with piece spesific bonuses you would still use mix of tome/savage gear. Unless they completely overhauled the gearing system with more sources of endgame gear we would still be stuck with more of the same with a slight twist.

Kind of true and kind of not with it all depending on how its handled. Most games with set bonuses have piece thresholds (usually 2s/4s) so there is some wiggle room to make certain jobs standout over others. People have already seen that some jobs will just perform better regardless, so the dev team could honestly use that to its strength by using the data they obviously have and maybe shifting job strength per tier. This game doesn't have to be like others simply because you can play everything on a single character, so if certain jobs play better than others for a particular raid tier, chances are serious raiders are gonna have everything in their role leveled up any way. Those less serious usually wait to farm more gear to improve clear rates anyway. The point is just to make it more interesting than "well my best stats are crit and det so I'll stack that and call it a day." Granted some people like that and its not like secondaries will go away with set bonuses, but more options never hurt.

[Canadane]

We are sooner to get "Gloves of +15" rather than anything with cooler or more interesting stats.
They've been taking away everything from the era of oldschool MMOs and it's getting duller and duller. Soon substats won't even be a thing. :(

[Larirawiel]

The problem is, the more non-boring gear you will have, the more balance issues you will get. And since balance > all, this is the result of it.


Cheers

[Shinkuno]

The problem is, the more non-boring gear you will have, the more balance issues you will get. And since balance > all, this is the result of it.


Cheers

Balance is a cope, the only time where balance matters - Week 1 clears - the game is already a unbalanced mess. For the rest of the playerbase it wouldnt matter.

[Canadane]

I'm actually completely okay with unbalanced gameplay.

[Payadopa]

I'd rather have interest gear than the current balance that is just not fun.

[Iscah]

If they would only consider set bonuses for Savage gear then I'm not sure how much interest it would add, because you're not going to have multiple types of bonuses to choose from.

[KitingGenbu]

If they would only consider set bonuses for Savage gear then I'm not sure how much interest it would add, because you're not going to have multiple types of bonuses to choose from.

Not like 'interest' would determine savage participation. If anything, it would go up. Still anything is better than nothing.