/r/ffxivdiscussion: Should the endgame Tomestone cap accumulate each week?

[VeyaAkemi]

I am confused where the 25 times statement is even coming, at a 450/week tomes, you'd have to run a level 100 dungeon 9 times to get to the cap, even if you completely missed week 1, it would be 18, and this assumes you aren't trying to be smart about it, like saving your previous day roulettes to do after the weekly reset but before the daily reset if you are able, thus getting 2 Expert Roulettes day 1 of the week, and you don't get at least one line from Wondrous Trails and such.

Who does this?

You cap tomes before raid so you have your tome gear for raid. You need to raid on Tuesday because if you wait until Wednesday or later, there are only droolers left in PF.

So you are being very open about the fact you raid like an insane person, capping tomes the picosecond you are physically able, and thus this change would have zero impact on anyone who plays like you, so why argue against it? or are you against the idea of letting anyone catch up of they couldn't play for a while?

[Khobahi]

I agree it should increment in any given season/tier.

In general I do think we need a higher cap as if you play something for a couple weeks and buy something or other and in the end need to change jobs for whatever reason ( Don't enjoy the job you've been playing anymore, find something more fun, filling a different role in a friend/static group.)

I can say from experience i just came back about a month ago starting playing again to raid with friends and just went back to what I was playing before hand. After playing a few weeks again just realized I did not enjoy it anymore and wanted to try something else out and have switched. Those 4 weeks of tomes that i got and bought gear with for the first job are now just wasted.

Either a higher cap to make a transition to a new class not as bad.
or even say a vendor you could recycle your tome gear into that gets your tomes back to retry.

[Akava]

This is a great system in WoW and it even applies to characters that are created mid tier. Some times you just want to play another game (which Yoshi fully supports and has stated so several times). It's a great QoL change that has no negative effects on people who cap immediately and only helps other players catch up.

[Iyrnthota]

I agree that something needs to change. I've long thought that for a game that ostensibly wants you have the flexibility to play multiple jobs on the same character, they make actually gearing said jobs more tedious than I think is necessary.

[ForteNightshade]

I agree that something needs to change. I've long thought that for a game that ostensibly wants you have the flexibility to play multiple jobs on the same character, they make actually gearing said jobs more tedious than I think is necessary.

FFXIV is great and advertising all these considerations such as job flexibility or not needing to be subbed to keep your house (way back when). It's not so great on following through with them, or rather is quick to backtrack.

[Kuroka]

YES. And so should beast tribe and anything daily capped. Where is the difference between 24/7 no life and 48 hours hardcore grind? FSS if you really wanna cap tome you do hunts or spam the ex dungeon.

[Kandraxx]

Why even have gear in this game to begin with. That’s the real question. Glamour slots and cosmetic unlocks would be enough for the level of depth and gameplay this has.

[Gurgeh]

Why even have gear in this game to begin with. That’s the real question. Glamour slots and cosmetic unlocks would be enough for the level of depth and gameplay this has.

This probably sounds glib but it's very true.
The whole paradigm of 'grear up' over time is nonsense, and done for no reason other than 'but eet MMO!'

Why make an instance easier after you've already conquered it on X difficulty? You don't. The only value it has is to pull the ladder up on people when the next tier comes around.
- Gear up.
- Qualify for instance.
- Then reward speed of kill, or cleanliness of kill with escalating rewards.

If you want a harder experience for week 1 clearers create a week 1 difficulty, and escalate rewards. Just give a title.

But the whole business of gearing up makes no sense unless there is a play style to customise.
If there is 1 BiS meta, again that's pointless. It just serves to pull the ladder up, and make the game shitter for anyone left behind. (Which is a huge majority. Only moderate by the fact that casual players are leaving in droves, converting that majority into a minority)
There is always a better option.
It's software. Game system resources are not a zero sum game.
Peoples time , and interest, is limited, and is a zero sum game.
Instead just blocked from high end for weeks on end. Even Extremes which is supposed to be the bridge content is a complete joke.
Unreals are old content. Not interested. Plus more than half the time the balance is just awful and swings wildly. Not worth it.

[MuraBoy]

I loved this idea, but i think it would work better with a more... round number, like 400 or 500 instead of 450.
Anyway... yes, yes and yes! Pls devs, we need this system