Weekly Gear Lockouts Kill Gameplay

[Lann_Gallowfield]

You have a system that encourages playing every job but you are only allowed to gear one character unless you wanna spend millions of gil on crafted gear. What if someone doesn't want to craft? Yoshi's view on the game is someone shouldn't have to do certain content to get certain gear yet if you DON'T have penta melded crafting gear you are griefing.

You make an expansion that promotes playing continually then turn your savage content into a once per week event and do not allow people to go back and play them again without griefing other people's rewards. This system is fundamentally counter to the nature of this game, it needs improved because it's not fun it doesn't make any logical sense.

[LilaIronman]

Thats why its called END GAME RAIDING not Casual Game Raiding

[Stasya]

Thats why its called END GAME RAIDING not Casual Game Raiding

OP has poorly written message but let me rewrite it (minus gibberish about crafted gear) for you casual player to understand:

1) Gearing is trash, can't gear support and dps class at same time etc (dont get me started with melees split into dex and str, casters having different sps setups etc ...) (and also also something something 450 tomes in patch with number SEVEN at start)

2) After you get raid id lock in savage you can't do anything, you can't join any other groups on floor to practice fight more or other role (what if dps wants to try out prog as tank?). I want to play the game yet I can't, it feels way worse than WoW because there is only 4 bosses.... At least WoW has m+.

3) Essentially having all classes on one character is pointless, go level/waste time on msq on more characters if you want to play geared tank and healer and dps before savage hype dies.

Following carrot on stick (gear) in this game is a hollow experience and SE does not want casual players to realise that.

[Lak14]

OP has poorly written message but let me rewrite it (minus gibberish about crafted gear) for you casual player to understand:

1) Gearing is trash, can't gear support and dps class at same time etc (dont get me started with melees split into dex and str, casters having different sps setups etc ...) (and also also something something 450 tomes in patch with number SEVEN at start)

2) After you get raid id lock in savage you can't do anything, you can't join any other groups on floor to practice fight more or other role (what if dps wants to try out prog as tank?). I want to play the game yet I can't, it feels way worse than WoW because there is only 4 bosses.... At least WoW has m+.

3) Essentially having all classes on one character is pointless, go level/waste time on msq on more characters if you want to play geared tank and healer and dps before savage hype dies.

Following carrot on stick (gear) in this game is a hollow experience and SE does not want casual players to realise that.

1) SE want to milk your sub.
2) join book run
3) no one forced you to play all classes.

[CaptainLagbeard]

3) no one forced you to play all classes.

SE shouldn't give the option then.

[Granyala]

SE shouldn't give the option then.

Bullshit entitlement, if I ever saw any.

Not a problem to equip jobs one item level tier lower and they are still plenty capable for all content except maybe ultimate.

I mean it doesn't take rocket science to understand that you are not supposed to have ALL jobs at maximum potential, ready to raid ultimate.
If you expect that of yourself or your peers, that is a YOU problem, not a game problem.

[NekoNova]

SE shouldn't give the option then.

You can take all courses at the University, did you?

[GartredZW]

SE shouldn't give the option then.

That's kind of what they did. Only that you can't play all classes with BiS during a raid patch.
It's actually the only part that gives our characters some identity. You're not just every class. You specialize in a few, and people in party finder, or your FC know you as what you do best.

[DreadCrow]

SE shouldn't give the option then.

Just because you can play every class doesn't mean you need to have the best equipment for every class. If you just buy whatever gear is available for the current unlimited tomestone, you're usually gold for every bit of non-savage/ultimate content there is.

[Stasya]

1) SE want to milk your sub.
2) join book run
3) no one forced you to play all classes.

0) No one forcing you to defend multi dollar company that puts 50 gauge on tilana