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

[BigCheez]

Presumably, you'd be capping each week normally since you'd be actively playing, just as you already do now. You'd only have to run expert 25 times if you wanted.

This is the 2nd disingenuous comment now. Because no week 1 group will waste time reclearing a fight for gear when you can use that time for progging the next fight, and you know that.

What's your problem?

The expectation is generally that you have capped tomes in advance of raid and bought any upgrades that you can before raiding on week 2. This would definitely make that more painful.

The perceived problem is not solved by creating an ever expanding hamster wheel tome grind. They just need to add additional sources of equivalent gear that people can use to quickly gear off jobs later in a patch cycle.

As per my other response, a much better solution would be to release criterion a month or so after savage and have that drop augmented tome equivalent gear. Then you can use that to gear off jobs.

The current time to BiS isn't an issue at all.

[IOwn92FCHouses]

The expectation is generally that you have capped tomes in advance of raid and bought any upgrades that you can before raiding on week 2. This would definitely make that more painful.

You cap in between raid times on week 1, week 2, etc. You know, like we've always done. And, if tomes drop before the raid does? You cap for those weeks like normal. This suggested change changes nothing for you.

Speaking of painful... That last minute week 2 clear, amiright? Maybe that's why you're under the false impression that there would be a ton of extra farming to do for a suggested change that would be a mechanic used to catch up/prevent progress loss.

[BigCheez]

You cap in between raid times on week 1, week 2, etc. You know, like we've always done. And, if tomes drop before the raid does? You cap for those weeks like normal. This suggested change changes nothing for you.

Speaking of painful... That last minute week 2 clear, amiright? Maybe that's why you're under the false impression that there would be a ton of extra farming to do for a suggested change that would be a mechanic used to catch up/prevent progress loss.

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.

[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?