Sanction: Really any good?

[Neptune]

Rukkiri, I posted this thread in response to your response.. even though you hadn't made it yet! This thread time traveled.

Gridanian Officer's Overcoat has 10 str/dex/piety/int and sanction: 120 Critical Attack power. Easily the best in slot body for dragoons with a crit build for amount of work needed to get it. People can spend 8 mil+ on a double melded Darksteel Haubergeon +1 and still have less critical attack power and 3 less str/piety.

Gridanian Officer's Cap has 30 HP/MP, 15 Piety, 10 Crit Rate and Sanction: 15 Attack power. Another very good piece of gear for dragoon. You can run AV until you get the Darklight Eyepatch that doesn't have any base stats for dragoon or AV for the Darklight Helm that doesn't have any Crit stats but both of those take a lot more time to get than GC gear.

Ul'dahn Officer's Overcoat has 10 int/mnd/piety/vit and Sanction: 15 Magic Acc. Probably the best body piece for blm. You can run Hyrstmill and get the Militia Robe for 5 more int/mnd, and while it is not hard content it is very tedious and the 15 magic acc can easily make up for 5 less int when you are bis with all your other gear.

I could go on but I think I'm making my point quite clear. The Grand Company gear is very close to best in slot for certain jobs and requires far less time investment to obtain. As for keeping Sanction on:

Primals- On a wipe, just homepoint to your Inn and then return to the aetheryte at the given primal.

Instances- If you are doing speed runs, the goal is to not die so... If you do die, that is the time for the scroll.

Nael Van Darnus- He is in a bloody town, run to Adder's Nest if you die.

Castrum Novuum GC quest- If you die, you probably have to run through the place again so you might as well grab sanction and then return to regroup.

If you aren't willing to spend 5 minutes to get sanction after a death, then instead spend hours upon hours or millions upon millions getting gear that doesn't require any upkeep.

The gear is good but it's the Sanction bonus that's the question.

And about your suggestions about teleporting, well...

I understand where the dev team is coming from with this, but, its not hard to just tele to get it again. Sanction has just turned into an annoyance. For example, instead of just putting an npc at a camp, we have to go through 2 loading screens to get it or just get the scroll. How is this really a risk or some kind of consequence? It is just annoying.

If you always used death warp to get Sanction again.. he's right, it's just an annoyance. Enjoyment -1.