Thread: Will there be progression in 2.0?

Originally Posted by Avraym

Yeah, theres a severe lack of reasons to go out there and do dungeons.

All of the primal drops can be beaten with melds.
All AF gear can be beaten with melds.

Whilst i certainly agree that you have to be lucky to get a triple meld gear, I don't agree with it being the best gear for the large majority of slots. Theres some serious issues with balancing gear atm.

In my opinion it should be a mix between quest rewards, chest drops, boss drops, gc gear ect.

Too much dungeon loot that is too obselete.

For my current Gear for WAR I have 3 GC items, one AF item, 1 melded item, 4 dungeon drops and a crafted ring and a crafted body (no melds yet).

For my current Gear for BLM I have 6 crafted/melded items, 3 dungeon items, 1 militia item, and an item from a stronghold chest.

For my current Gear for WHM I have almost all crafted items except for a Militia belt and AF boots and 2 Blessed jewelry from dungeons (ring and earring). So that's 4 non-crafted items.

As you can see, I think that while melding and crafting are important, Drops are also important. I think it is quite well rounded. I dont' see the need to sideline crafting at all.