Overworld Design Rant And Feedback

[IvoryBadge]

I disagree that it should matter before DT anyway. The problem is they act like it matters when it doesn't. If they just accepted gear progression wasn't a thing in prior expansions, they could sync old dungeons to minimum item level. The reason they don't is to preserve "gear progression" despite that veterans tell their sprout friends to grab max tomestone gear anyway.

i think i phrased it poorly but what i meant is gearing level range within the expansion 91-100. definitely it shouldn't matter for past expansions for it won't be relevant by the level of latest expansion. it should matter for progressing the expansion, tome gear will be available by reaching max level.

[Jeeqbit]

i think i phrased it poorly but what i meant is gearing level range within the expansion 91-100.

Oh, well I do think it matters actually. You can get away without it, sure, but you are potentially causing your party to wipe. I've seen this many times in leveling dungeons, where the healer's output is so poor they can't handle the healing, or the tank can't handle the enemies even with mit because they hit hard. When I was leveling Sage this expansion, I threw everything at the tank and barely kept them alive and their gear did have some leveling gear, so using tomestone gear wouldn't have been a good look for that tank.

I even remember a time in Heavensward where everyone tried to get carried in The Vault with tomestone gear and ultimately the party fought over why they were wiping, playing the blame game over lack of DPS and HP.

You can get through it with tomestone gear but you're holding your party back a lot or getting carried. Duty Support is able to do this though. The healers will actually carry the player hard.