The gearing\stat system is good, we need to stop asking to make it more complicated

[OgruMogru]

Let people repeat savage fights to get a chance on loot. Make it work like the 24 mans - you get your weekly token on clearing but then you're free to re-run the fights until you get a piece of loot. One piece of loot per week from each fight. Would encourage people to be in PF more and it would help with how cagey people get over drops.

[MuraBoy]

I don’t understand why it takes them so long to unlock the loot restrictions on savage gear. It comes way too late. It should unlock upon the release of the next patch. Example being the 6.4 tier won’t unlock until sometime in 6.55, why??? Savage gear should be unlocked when 6.5 hits.

I totally agree with you. In this game you can play as any class with only 1 character, but you can't gear up with too many jobs for savage or ultimate lmao

[DrWho2010]

You make it sound like a static is the cure for that problem but it really isn't, with loot distribution after what is the most helpful with upcoming raids dds will always get the priority over tanks and healers?

And how is that fun and fair when you are in week 4 with your static and you didn't got one piece of loot as a tank?

The raid system we have is build around making some players suffer and for what? So that they play longer and suffer even more? Is that really the meaning of having fun in the game?

Don't like what a static does for loot rules? MAKE YOUR OWN WITH YOUR OWN RULES. That's the beauty of agreement beforehand.

[DrWho2010]

Let people repeat savage fights to get a chance on loot. Make it work like the 24 mans - you get your weekly token on clearing but then you're free to re-run the fights until you get a piece of loot. One piece of loot per week from each fight. Would encourage people to be in PF more and it would help with how cagey people get over drops.

It would just lead to bloating of PF listings for merc runs most likely.

[Mostly_Raxus]

Why do i feel like yall want a single player game you play once and not a mmo? you know 16 is just a ps5 purchase away (lul)

[KitingGenbu]

"This also goes beyond just gearing, they take issues with stats as I said. They complain FFXIV stats are too boring so they suggest things such as; Block rate%, Parry Rate%, Double Strike%, Dodge Rate% and more. These things not only would basically break the game but also make stats too complicated. Because though crt is a dominant stat, at least you don't have to think so hard in what stat is the best."

So each mmorpg that has those 'extra stats' you eluded to are 'broken' right....?

[Atelier-Bagur]

''Respects your time''
What time? You get it in a few minutes and proceed to play other games because there's nothing left to do.

To be honest, thats the very definition of "respecting your time".

However, I would add into the argument that not only is the game's gearing terribly designed but they have inadvertenly killed their other content systems because of the short lived gear relevance in this game where unless you want to do an Ultimate or Criterion (which lets face it, nobody is going to do em because the rewards suck ass) you realistically shouldnt give two darns about having BiS because 90% of the endgame content doesnt require it. Its not fulfilling progression.

Some people have pointed this solution out but the fact that every BiS is locked behind Savage raids which consist of 4 fights and not have that loot distributed amongst the other content systems like say, Alliance Raids, Extremes and Criterion or even Unreals is why people feel there's no content.

The content is there! Its just that whats actually truly relevant has always been only the Savage raids which is the source of frustration towards why FFXIV's endgame is so gosh darn terrible imo. They need to spread the loot around all the different types of content to better incentivize players to participate those activities that we've been getting per EW patch. And if people are complaining that some BiS is being gated behind a fight or content they dont want to do then Im sorry but tough luck?

Its time for the devs to stop putting all of their eggs in the Savage Raid basket I feel.

[Mostly_Raxus]

"This also goes beyond just gearing, they take issues with stats as I said. They complain FFXIV stats are too boring so they suggest things such as; Block rate%, Parry Rate%, Double Strike%, Dodge Rate% and more. These things not only would basically break the game but also make stats too complicated. Because though crt is a dominant stat, at least you don't have to think so hard in what stat is the best."

So each mmorpg that has those 'extra stats' you eluded to are 'broken' right....?

well in alot of MMOs those "extra stats" are a derivatives of your basic stats, like for instance say block scaling off crit. granted im ok with this, it makes for more meaningful stat engagement than "Crit=win>DH=DET>SKS/SPS=to cap" would be nice to build as a block tank or a leech tank, diversity in builds is something this game severely lacks, granted the fault is that we have 3 gear options for each slot per raid tier crafted/raid/vendor

its also very easy to over clutter stats, crap sks break point window need a sim already to break down and then if you look at the balance we generally have 3 different soft caps. we already dont know what our stats are till a third party breaks ToS and sims it and post it to yet another 3rd party.
not saying i agree with their stance on addons and 3rd party, but they themselves have to at least stand behind it. they cant keep giving us further reasons to need it if they will ban us for using it.

the game is kinda in a situation where they are screwed either direction they choose to go in, and without a future vision and willingness to grow and expand, shiny new graphics wont be enough.

[Turtledeluxe]

What I wonder is how much people would complain about stats and gear being boring if there was more to do with BiS gear or if it had an actual impact on more than savage and ultimate content. As others have alluded to it feels like the game needs such a large overhaul to make a gear change feasible that it isn't even worth messing with.

[DiaDeem]

I'm sorry OP, but Lalas need to be this tall to hop on the ride...