Gear Score, in my ARR?

[Bharata_Senka]

As a tool, depending on how it's implemented, it is fine to have. The problem comes with the way people deal with the information this tool provides.

If there is a gear check for high-end content, fine, but I want people to understand that to get good gear, at some point you have to run with not-so-good gear until you are able to win a few times. By shutting out all people without "X" gear score, your beginning to limit the number of people who have access to obtain said gear that you want them to have. However, since this is happening right now without a visible score, I don't see this concept changing any time soon.

That said, I'm really curious to see how a gear score would be calculated. I have a pair of nicely melded Felt Trousers with STR and VIT that I use for my WAR and for my MNK. The pants are better for WAR because of the VIT, but they're still useful for MNK. (and before you say "Felt? why not DL? n00b!", this is just an example) Will the pants have the same score regardless of job, or will it be variable?

Once we have a better understanding of the calculation method, then we can start determining if this will be a useful tool or not.

[HiirNoivl]

Once we have a better understanding of the calculation method, then we can start determining if this will be a useful tool or not.

You are quite correct. "Gear Score" sounds like they're assigning a flat, single number to an entire gear set. Such a feature lacks nuance and therefore utility. But I hope it is a bit more detailed.

I remember that Yoshi said that you can't use Content finder for content you haven't reached yet, so they will have to have at least gone to the dungeon once before they use Content finder and gear score. But beyond DPS, rank and Damage, what could Gear Score calculate? Wouldn't the other stats and their utility be based primarily on what the rest of the gear is for and what the content is and how the party is set up?

For example: WHMs can have their gear set to Cure-bombing, Buffing, or Nuking. But if gear score only takes into account Healing Magic Potency and Attack Magic Potency of the gear set (or, gods forbid, the DPS/Damage/Delay stats of the weapons....), it's not going to be useful for content similar to Ifrit (Extreme) where the party is scattered across the field and needs a strong regen to survive.

Gear Score might be good for "introductory to gear" purposes... but, in the end, a serious player will still need to know stat caps and know the content to play effectively. And all the players will have to know how to do their job and work together in the party....

I just don't know how a "Gear Score" could do all this.... Maybe YoshiP can tell us. Has someone posted a question about this yet?

[Bharata_Senka]

Maybe YoshiP can tell us. Has someone posted a question about this yet?

I actually just posted a question on the "Letter from the Producer, Live" question thread. Hope it gets picked.

edit: here's the link, if anybody wants to "Like" it, that thread is kind of a cluster-F right now...

[HiirNoivl]

I actually just posted a question on the "Letter from the Producer, Live" question thread. Hope it gets picked.

edit: here's the link, if anybody wants to "Like" it, that thread is kind of a cluster-F right now...

I gave it a like. ^^