What is the point of having BiS

[Vandso]

I finally have BiS. What should I do now? Should I barse? But there are no parsing groups anymore, nobody cares. So what should I do with my BiS? Are Ultimates really the last thing left for me to do?

[DrForester]

If you're at ilvl 660, you have gear that will see your adequately through the Dawntrail MSQ until you get your level 100 Job Armor. You won't see better gear until the level 95 dungeon*. The 600 gear and a few dungeon drops will be all you need to get to level 100, you can save all those free gear coffers* for leveling alt-jobs, or selling.

* - of course assuming they follow the same pattern as previous expansions.

[Vandso]

If you're at ilvl 660, you have gear that will see your adequately through the Dawntrail MSQ until you get your level 100 Job Armor. You won't see better gear until the level 95 dungeon*. The 600 gear and a few dungeon drops will be all you need to get to level 100, you can save all those free gear coffers* for leveling alt-jobs, or selling.

* - of course assuming they follow the same pattern as previous expansions.

So there's no point of playing the game until the next expansion then? Gotcha.

[Taliriah]

So there's no point of playing the game until the next expansion then? Gotcha.

That's MMOs for you. You are being told to get the best gear you can and you keep improving the gear for the sake of... Improving the gear.
The truth is that while no MMO will ever really tell you "you're done, see you next xpack" because the publishers have a vested interest in you continuing to play at all cost, in reality you can't expect a MMO to be interesting forever, all the time. It's ok to take a break until dawntrail. It's probably better to do that than force yourself to play the game at all cost if there's nothing in it currently that you want to do. This way you'll enjoy DT better when it comes around.

Now if FFXIV had open world pvp there would be something evergreen and fun to do, but alas...

[MistakeNot]

So there's no point of playing the game until the next expansion then? Gotcha.

I am sure there are lots and lots of things left for you to do in the game.
Do you have all the mounts?
All the Orchestrion rolls?
All the minions?
All the titles?


Having BiS gear just means you can't get better gear for now. And that's all it means.

[Taliriah]

I am sure there are lots and lots of things left for you to do in the game.
Do you have all the mounts?
All the Orchestrion rolls?
All the minions?
All the titles?


Having BiS gear just means you can't get better gear for now. And that's all it means.

Not everybody cares about grinding through every checklist that the game offers, and that's fine. There is no need to cling to the game no matter what.

[DiaDeem]

So there's no point of playing the game until the next expansion then? Gotcha.

Catch a Lancet Fish, The Ruby Dragon and Cinder Surprise.

Do it.

[Yeol]

Catch a Lancet Fish, The Ruby Dragon and Cinder Surprise.

Reel endgame.

[Raikai]

If you're at ilvl 660, you have gear that will see your adequately through the Dawntrail MSQ until you get your level 100 Job Armor. You won't see better gear until the level 95 dungeon*. The 600 gear and a few dungeon drops will be all you need to get to level 100, you can save all those free gear coffers* for leveling alt-jobs, or selling.

* - of course assuming they follow the same pattern as previous expansions.

Ironically, going into a new expansion with BIS just for the sake of having an easier time became kinda irrelevant with the advent of Duty Support. Granted, you still need a real player party for the Trials (assuming they won't do something like a Hydaelyn duty support again), you can do just fine with whatever gear you find.

[ZiraZ]

Did you get the p12s mount?