"Revamped" Rewards System

[NefGP]

Striders, Ochiudos Kotes, Cassie/Astral Earrings, Fuma Kyahan (arguable), Peacock Charm, Haubergeon (59 but best thing for a lot of DDs), ACC rings to name a few.

all of those items eventually got replaced with better gear, FYI. How long did you play XI for, because I played pretty much from launch until shortly after the lv 95 patch.


And as I noted, it XI took it to the extreme in some cases, but there's no reason to just throw stuff out for new items, at least within the same level range! Again, with Garuda vs Ifrit - they're both Primals, so why should one's stuff be better than the other's ? I for one really enjoyed how XI gave you multiple choices for gear.

However XI also had gear swapping, which was a bit part of the problem when it came to carrying multiple sets for a single job. XIV doesn't have that issue, as we can't swap our stuff during combat. I think the devs have been largely good about creating gear that works well, I just don't care to see new content automatically obsolete the old content, particularly when the items offered are within the same level range.

A better approach to the primals would be to have all the weapons on equal footing, but with a different flavor - Ifrit focusing on high damage/attack, Garuda on speed, Ramuh on critical hits & Titan on... well, they're weapons so defense doesn't really fit lol, maybe increase to primary attributes? I dunno, but the point is there's no reason for 1 set to be strictly better than the other.

[TimonLoon]

all of those items eventually got replaced with better gear, FYI. How long did you play XI for, because I played pretty much from launch until shortly after the lv 95 patch.

Some of the gear I mentioned was top tier for years. Some of them even after ToAU expansion.

The two major primals were released almost a full year apart.... You're damn right that gear better be better than the previous one to justify even bothering with that content.