What is the point of having BiS

[Vandso]

How much side content have you done?
There's plenty to the game that isn't raiding.

Nevermind the side content! I want to do something with my BiS! I farmed 2 months for it, what was the point?

[Flay_wind]

Nevermind the side content! I want to do something with my BiS! I farmed 2 months for it, what was the point?

Go do Criterion Savage or smth.

[MistakeNot]

Nevermind the side content! I want to do something with my BiS! I farmed 2 months for it, what was the point?

You tell us! Why did you farm for it?

By getting BiS gear you have proved that you don't need BiS gear. There is nothing you need BiS gear for, it just makes high-level content a tiny bit easier than the next-best gear pieces.

[TaleraRistain]

Nevermind the side content! I want to do something with my BiS! I farmed 2 months for it, what was the point?

To have it before everyone else and be able to dye the normal raid gear. To make it that much easier for weekly reclears as you gear up.

XIV is not like older MMOs where there is a massive gear gap between casually obtained gear and raid gear. We're all reset fairly close to even gearwise with each new expansion and BiS gives a slight boost in the new MSQ content where you don't need to upgrade for quite a while into the expansion. The only long-term use for BiS is Ultimates.