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  1. #1
    Player
    Miguel85NYC's Avatar
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    Character
    Lord Raziel
    World
    Balmung
    Main Class
    Gladiator Lv 71

    Whats the point of getting better Gear?

    If the game is going to level Sync you in EVERY CONTENT IN GAME!? Dungeons, Trails, OC... ETC... Can we feel powerful for once for working "hard" on getting BIS gear???
    (2)

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    CVXIV's Avatar
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    Character
    Cyrus Vincere
    World
    Malboro
    Main Class
    Viper Lv 100
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    Jeeqbit's Avatar
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    Character
    Oscarlet Oirellain
    World
    Jenova
    Main Class
    Warrior Lv 100
    You are not synced in the following content:
    - Max level trials.
    - Max level extremes.
    - Max level alliance raids.
    - Max level normal raids.
    - Max level savage raids.
    - The latest expert dungeon or two.
    - Max level maps outside, often inside too.
    - Last zone's FATEs.
    - Hunts.

    You are only synced, mostly, if your hobby is doing roulettes that throw you into sub-100 content. If you avoid that, your gear mostly does affect how much you destroy enemies.

    Granted, a lot of people see old roulettes as their main content, but if you're really burned out by the concept, you can mostly solve it by avoiding sub-100 roulettes.
    (3)

  4. #4
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    0blivion's Avatar
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    Character
    G'raha Tinya
    World
    Lamia
    Main Class
    Black Mage Lv 80
    BIS is there so you can clear savage faster
    (2)
    Midcore is when you take a look at an Ultimate, nod along sagely to a guide and decide to do it when you get 12 months of uninterrupted vacation, which is to say: never.
    Quote Originally Posted by Mawlzy View Post
    I think at this point 0blivion has decided to play forum villain, until perhaps the Exarch cloak becomes available.

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    Underscore's Avatar
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    Gridania
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    199
    Character
    Exia Lupus
    World
    Spriggan
    Main Class
    Ninja Lv 100
    Gear would be a lot more useful if the main zones of the game had content in them. XIV really needs some kind of core gameplay in the open-world to tie the various content islands together.
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    Bring back 6.0 Dragoon. I want my job back.

  6. #6
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    Altina_Orion's Avatar
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    Character
    Altina Orion
    World
    Diabolos
    Main Class
    Gunbreaker Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
    You are not synced in the following content:
    - Max level trials.
    - Max level extremes.
    - Max level alliance raids.
    - Max level normal raids.
    - Max level savage raids.
    - The latest expert dungeon or two.
    - Max level maps outside, often inside too.
    - Last zone's FATEs.
    - Hunts.

    You are only synced, mostly, if your hobby is doing roulettes that throw you into sub-100 content. If you avoid that, your gear mostly does affect how much you destroy enemies.

    Granted, a lot of people see old roulettes as their main content, but if you're really burned out by the concept, you can mostly solve it by avoiding sub-100 roulettes.
    One other thing is that gear has a max for each stat, so for example, item level 100 may have a max stat of 10 for secondary stats like crit and determination, but the stats of ilvl 100 gear may only have 7 det and 10 dh. If you bring gear in that sync down that has higher than those max stats, BOTH stats will be max (10dh/10det). So even in lower level content you DO get an advantage
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    Kandraxx's Avatar
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    337
    Character
    Luna Arcon
    World
    Twintania
    Main Class
    White Mage Lv 100
    Gear in this game is pointless, so are the stats, it's just another system they blindly copied over from WoW without really understanding the whys. Meh, sounds like japanese doing what japanese do best.
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    Ajisaii's Avatar
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    Character
    Ajisai Phylla
    World
    Sophia
    Main Class
    Dragoon Lv 100
    your bait is so low quality its boring
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  9. #9
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    AvoSturmfaust's Avatar
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    Character
    Maweth Ashari
    World
    Shiva
    Main Class
    Samurai Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
    You are not synced in the following content:
    - Max level trials.
    - Max level extremes.
    - Max level alliance raids.
    - Max level normal raids.
    - Max level savage raids.
    - The latest expert dungeon or two.
    - Max level maps outside, often inside too.
    - Last zone's FATEs.
    - Hunts.

    You are only synced, mostly, if your hobby is doing roulettes that throw you into sub-100 content. If you avoid that, your gear mostly does affect how much you destroy enemies.

    Granted, a lot of people see old roulettes as their main content, but if you're really burned out by the concept, you can mostly solve it by avoiding sub-100 roulettes.
    This is the best Answer, it may be pointless for older Content but even then there is a huge benefits of Gear with the way how Sync works in FFXIV, but overall you get the best Gear to farm the up 2 date content faster and gives you the option for more fails without worrying about the dps check
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  10. #10
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    Gwenkatsu's Avatar
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    Character
    Gwenkatsu Furokane
    World
    Shiva
    Main Class
    Dancer Lv 100
    I for one solo 8 player treasure maps and dungeons. And man, do I feel gear upgrades.

    When grouping with others, your own equip may or may not make a difference:
    • get into a trial with bad equip but 7 other players in BIS, and you will clear it fast;
    • later get into the same trial with BIS equip but 7 other players in mere rags, and it will take ages to clear.
    But when soloing group content, the only factor is you. And every change is notable.
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