What is the point of having BiS

[Vandso]

Let me guess, you're a veteran of older MMOs right? FFXIV is very different to old school MMOs like FFXI where BiS was ultimate gear that was a desired reward for your hard work and remained useful - here in FFXIV, BiS is just a short term benefit only really useful if you're into hardcore endgame content (as in, Ultimate/Unreal raids) - everything else is perfectly doeable with much lower ilevel gear. Gear is just a tool that is constantly being upgraded, so what is BiS now... will soon be junk only useful for glamour or trading in for Grand Company Seals. Gear in general is just a tool for a task, to be used and then replaced when a better alternative comes along.

That's not to say you've wasted your time - as the first reply in this thread mentioned, you'll be set for normal content going through Dawntrail til towards the end of it's main scenario, so you won't have to worry about upgrading for a long time.

No, it's my first MMO.

[Burmecia]

to feel good and accomplished about yourself.
enjoy it while it lasts.

[Vandso]

to feel good and accomplished about yourself.
enjoy it while it lasts.

I don't feel accomplished, it was easy to get it.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I don't feel accomplished, it was easy to get it.

Did you actually complete the tier or just the floors needed for bis.... Because of you didn't complete the tier then well... There's your answer.





Also, it was easy because you seem to have done it so late. Echo has been added to the fights for a while now.

[SannaR]

Did you actually complete the tier or just the floors needed for bis.... Because of you didn't complete the tier then well... There's your answer.





Also, it was easy because you seem to have done it so late. Echo has been added to the fights for a while now.

I wonder if the Op did it now now or got it at the release and just had a bad time with pfs n getting gear til now. As at launch easy to clear is a small amount of people mind set. But post unlocks most raiders already have all their gear and hopefully strategies have been refined and people aren't trying to go with week 1 strats. Where yeah you're going to have an easier time.

[JokoCGN]

tbf u just need any BiS to raid them Ultimates.
All other stuff U can also play thru with token equipment ecc.
BiS exists to play ur rotation at its best damage / timing. If u're not doing any Ultimates u're just raiding for them mounts out off Savages ^^'

[Arkdra]

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?

Queue for casual content, parse anyway, enjoy self-satisfaction. But also experience crushing despair when some savant on a job that should do less damage than you with a lower ilvl than you is touched by god and outdps's you.

[Maltothoris]

There is legit only one bit of content that really needs bis and that's mount rokkan savage and aloalo island savage on criterion. That's it.

[Vallerie]

The point is the journey! Enjoying your time raiding, making friends, working together to overcome a challenge.

The real BiS is the friends we made along the way u.u (I'm not even joking)

[Reinha]

You can do the hardest content with your BiS. Or you can do easy content easier. Or you can do content that your gear has no impact on. Or you can quit until Dawntrail. Whatever best suits you.