A request for the preservation of HQ tier II and III

[Cegiana]

Hi,

I've been playing since day 1 (day 4 to be exact, complications stopped it from being day 1) and I didn't leave while you guys were periodically fixing the current game until it reached the awesome 1.23 that it is now. During that time, I have built a "bond" with certain dated items that I just didn't want to lose. Then you guys announced that we are keeping the dated gear and they will be Untradable, which was excellent news. However, at the same time you guys said that all +2 and +3 items will go back down to +1. That hit me hard, I have spent millions more on items just to get the +2 and +3 names even though they now share the same stats as the +1 version. Even recently I've bought a 2 million gil Black Usagi Kabuto +2, even though I have a +1, just because of the +2 name. I've even bought a 5 million gil Champion Lance +2 and my favorite bragging item, a Dodore Wing +3. This news makes those items, and a ton of others that I've held onto since forever, completely lose what makes them "special" to me. I ask you, as a long time supporter, to please reconsider your decision to make all +2 and +3 items back into +1.



Oh and one more thing, as a general rule, we all skip cutscenes to get right into the battle since most have a strict time limit, etc... Which is fine since we can see them in the INNs later on. However, when you first come across the cutscene, all the party members are in it, looking around (etc...) and they make the cutscene unique, but once you see them in the INN then it's just you in there, it lacks something by not having anyone else there. What you guys should do is, if you see a cutscene in your INN, then everyone that you are currently partying with should appear in your cutscene, even if they are in some far off distant area. I think that would be a nice addition.

Thanks for reading and please consider the preservation of +2 and +3.

[Orophin]

Our inventories are being reduced by half and you want them to keep +2 and +3 items? No thanks.

It was bad enough going out and gathering and having 4 slots of the same item for several different items. Currently, all HQ items have the stats of what +2 used to be, so it's not a big loss even having those +3s getting converted down to +1. Also, all HQ items have the same amount of quality that they add towards the synth to work towards HQing the synth, so it's really a non-issue.

[AdvancedWind]

Our inventories are being reduced by half and you want them to keep +2 and +3 items? No thanks.

It was bad enough going out and gathering and having 4 slots of the same item for several different items. Currently, all HQ items have the stats of what +2 used to be, so it's not a big loss even having those +3s getting converted down to +1. Also, all HQ items have the same amount of quality that they add towards the synth to work towards HQing the synth, so it's really a non-issue.

The point here isn't the item effect, but the item name. OP's point is that having a +3 item is essentially a sort of "badge" or whatever proving he's been playing for a long time. Some stuff could even be considered a collector's item at this point, I'd say. And I sorta agree with that, I do have a Skull Eyepatch +3 I'd love to keep after ARR, it helped me level pretty much every class <3.

But then again, the tradeoff of not having craploads of wasted inventory slots is good enough.

[Orophin]

The problem is it doesn't seem possible to keep those items regardless since they're probably going to do a mass replace-all on everything with a +2 or +3 to +1. They're asking for something specifically for their or a vast minority's nostalgic benefit.

[Ferth]

Yeah, I just don't see this happening. Though I think when they make the switch to 2.0 they should rename all of the dated items Legacy items. So we can all feel just little bit special about having endured through 1.0

[Eruantien]

Ya, sorry you spent so much money, but it was to be expected that it was all gonna get consolidated, as it was mentioned when they removed them in the forest place something was gonna happen