Weekly Gear Lockouts Kill Gameplay

[Granyala]

complaining about weekly lockout in an MMO is like complaining about paying tax.

I do get the complaint, to be honest. When you hit the "raidlog" / "raid or die" portion, it isn't all that entertaining.

Still, I don't think the loss of lockouts would actually solve that issue at all. It would merely frontload player activity to the beginning of the patch cycle and leave the second half of the patch dead in the water.

The actual people that play so many jobs and want top gear for all of them are infinitesimal, compared to the more normal players that play 1 or 2 jobs.

[Raven2014]

The actual people that play so many jobs and want top gear for all of them are infinitesimal, compared to the more normal players that play 1 or 2 jobs.

I only raid for glam, my level of participation of any type of content is "does it have a good glam". I don't do savage for BiS, I do it because I want the look.

[Granyala]

You do not need gear for dungeons and normals, you need bis just to enter ultimate.
Besides, just for savage having more gear on tanks = more hp less damage taken less stress on healers, same goes for dps/healers .....

Outgearing ain't the point of raiding savage, to be frank. Yeah it gets easier the more gear you get. That's one very good reason for these lockouts, since the nerf over time that the increase in item level represents is supposed to ... you know: TAKE TIME.

As a raider I always felt that gear is just a tool I need in order to be ready for the next tier. Sure, some items looked fabulous (great bonus) but getting better stats on my gear was never my motivation to raid. Progressing and beating the challenge was. In fact, I despised boring farm raids and opted out whenever I could. :'D

I only raid for glam, my level of participation of any type of content is "does it have a good glam". I don't do savage for BiS, I do it because I want the look.

Oh, a kindred spirit. :'D

[Evergrey]

I only raid for glam, my level of participation of any type of content is "does it have a good glam". I don't do savage for BiS, I do it because I want the look.

I can relate to this.
I tend to call myself a "semi-collector". I only collect stuff if it really catches my eye.