Sanction: Really any good?

[Pyretta_Blaze]

I'm not sure I would use my sanction items if I was just learning something and that's why I keep a decent piece of non sanction gear in my inventory to replace it.

For the White Raven fight I just put on other equipment if I die and in-between fights take the 2 minutes and get sanction.

I have to go back to Grid every primal win anyway to get the quest again so if I have died I get sanction again.

The only time it seems to be a bummer is if I get unlucky on a night of speedruns and die. One death I would use a scroll, more than that and I might tele back to town to get sanction... If we are dying that much anyway I will just use a non-sanction item.

[Griss]

Is there even any gear for a caster that has sanctions stuff on it, that can't be beat with a meld or 2?

Honest question. I am from Limsa, not sure if there is any. I never look.

Only piece of maelstrom sanction gear for mages is the new officer boots. +25 m.acc with the buff.

[Amsai]

In its current state I find the sanction gear to be not worth the investment and risk of loss. So I never use it and as its stands currently will never use it. I dont think Im a bad player, but im certainly not "elite" or perfect. I will die sometimes even on content I know how to run. Sometimes thats due to a PUG, sometimes its due to me just goofing it up, sometimes certain mobs decide to go ape sh*t and screw you over (like when mobs randomly spam a nasty ability).

Id rather just invest in melded gear, and know that I have access too the stats I need at ALL times. Now if its a ballance issue, I still dont see that as being a problem. How about make the scrolls untradable, but stackable. And increase the seal cost to justify the stacking? IDK like maybe 1500 per scroll? Something like that would work and would make it a serious choice. Do you want to have to constantly farm seals to power up your gear, or do you want to invest in multiple melds?

[Zyph]

Limsa GC Officer Uniform body is a pretty cool piece for PLD when you have Sanction up.

[Rukkirii]

There have been a lot of requests to remove the RA/EX from sanction scrolls in order to carry more than one at a time.

We mentioned awhile ago that the bonuses received from sanction were designed to be very strong and the concept behind it is that there is the risk for this effect to wear off if you die or when the 3-hour duration expires.

If we were to remove the RA/EX from the scrolls, this would enable players to maintain this strong effect forever by holding multiple scrolls or receiving them from others. Since this is not our intent for sanction, we do not have any plans to change this.

[Zyph]

There have been a lot of requests to remove the RA/EX from sanction scrolls in order to carry more than one at a time.

We mentioned awhile ago that the bonuses received from sanction were designed to be very strong and the concept behind it is that there is the risk for this effect to wear off if you die or when the 3-hour duration expires.

If we were to remove the RA/EX from the scrolls, this would enable players to maintain this strong effect forever by holding multiple scrolls or receiving them from others. Since this is not our intent for sanction, we do not have any plans to change this.

Well the problem is is that the sanction effects aren't all that strong. Even with sanction, the petty officer GC weapons get trumped by the Second Lieutenant weapons. I'd be all for it if sanction actually made gear heavily overpowered until you died, but as it stands now, I haven't seen a sanction piece that due to sanction is better than an alternative. On par, maybe, but not "outstanding."

[Chardrizard]

The sergeant weapons are on par with primals and obtainable under 2hr of work. That is definition of strong.

[Zyph]

The sergeant weapons are on par with primals and obtainable under 2hr of work. That is definition of strong.

Yeah, but for all the seals you'll spend on sanction scrolls with a Sergeant weapon wouldn't you rather save up for a Lieutenant weapon, which are better than primal weapons? Maybe I'm just missing the concept of instant gratification.

[Chardrizard]

Unless you dies alot you dont really spend on sanction scrolls lol

[Zyph]

Unless you dies alot you dont really spend on sanction scrolls lol

You must not play a melee DPS class then.

Regardless, it still seems like a pain in the ass to me, whoops let me just hold up the entire party because I need to get back to town and refresh sanction, costing time and anima, but mostly time (inb4 anima is worthless thanks to hamlet). Or if you choose not to go refresh Sanction, you're left standing with a sub-par weapon, feeling/being gimp beneath your potential.