Suggestion: Increase ilvl of "Friendship Circlet"

[jadeharley]

This is a super niche issue, but as an altoholic who has unlocked receiving the Friendship Circlet on new characters, I always run into the little roadbump where I have to go to the vendor, equip a hat, complete the "gear up" quest, and then unequip the hat and stick it in my inventory so it doesn't override my EXP hat. It would be nice if it had an item level of at least 5 so I could skip this process (even better would be if it had scaled stats up to its maximum level of 25, but that's a "shoot for the moon" scenario. this would be especially nice because I often use "equip recommended" to upgrade my gear but I have to deliberately exclude hats and cowls).

Thank you for reading

[Tint]

They should go all in with this.

For a while now I think there is nothing of value a new player can get out of the recruit a friend campaign anymore. The rewards are totally outdated.

They should expand the exp bonus of the Friendship Circlet up to level 70 with adjusting stats, like these exp earrings have. Why 70? Because it is the max level of the free trial version.

[jadeharley]

They should go all in with this.
They should expand the exp bonus of the Friendship Circlet up to level 70 with adjusting stats, like these exp earrings have. Why 70? Because it is the max level of the free trial version.

Definitely more than I would ask for, but I would love to see more people encouraged to bring their friends to Eorzea!

[sindriiisgaming]

This is a super niche issue, but as an altoholic who has unlocked receiving the Friendship Circlet on new characters, I always run into the little roadbump where I have to go to the vendor, equip a hat, complete the "gear up" quest, and then unequip the hat and stick it in my inventory so it doesn't override my EXP hat. It would be nice if it had an item level of at least 5 so I could skip this process (even better would be if it had scaled stats up to its maximum level of 25, but that's a "shoot for the moon" scenario. this would be especially nice because I often use "equip recommended" to upgrade my gear but I have to deliberately exclude hats and cowls).

Thank you for reading

i use the thing as a glorified glam piece. maybe would be nice if it had actual uses like Tping you to a player on ur FL, or increasing exp if 2 ppl wear it in same party

[jadeharley]

Tping you to a player on ur FL

This is actually already provided via a crystal item rewarded through Recruit a friend (though it only allows you to teleport to sprouts)

[cutestfox]

This is a super niche issue, but as an altoholic who has unlocked receiving the Friendship Circlet on new characters, I always run into the little roadbump where I have to go to the vendor, equip a hat, complete the "gear up" quest, and then unequip the hat and stick it in my inventory so it doesn't override my EXP hat. It would be nice if it had an item level of at least 5 so I could skip this process (even better would be if it had scaled stats up to its maximum level of 25, but that's a "shoot for the moon" scenario. this would be especially nice because I often use "equip recommended" to upgrade my gear but I have to deliberately exclude hats and cowls).

Thank you for reading

It's a very good idea for the Friendship Circlet, as the pre-order item Garlond Goggles, Moogle Cap and (Collectors edition) Helm of Light are actually ilvl11 and get to skip being forced to buy a Leather Eyepatch or Hempen Hat from big hat industries

While one could argue that these three other headpieces have stats, the racial starter gear also used to be ilvl1 until it was raised to ilvl5 (despite being statless) for presumably this purpose

[Kaurhz]

Friendship circlet IMO should provide EXP up to the point of Level 50.

But yes, at the very least it should be of an appropriate item level, and stat gain to gear of the equivalent item level for which it provides EXP up to.

[jadeharley]

It's a very good idea for the Friendship Circlet, as the pre-order item Garlond Goggles, Moogle Cap and (Collectors edition) Helm of Light are actually ilvl11 ... the racial starter gear also used to be ilvl1 until it was raised to ilvl5 (despite being statless) for presumably this purpose

This is a fantastic piece of evidence, thank you for bringing it up.

I believe the only worry for SE is that a new player, referred by RAF from the start, would miss out on the "how to buy and equip gear" tutorial. However, I think the equipping portion would be handled after acquiring the friendship circlet from the mailbox. As for the buying part, I am not sure. Each starting quests contains a portion wherein you visit the markets. While this is far outside of the scope of the original suggestion, it might be more engaging if you were asked to buy something from the markets after talking to the master of the markets.