Quote Originally Posted by Xatsh View Post
Getting all the gear was something I liked about FFXI over almost every other mmo out there. There was no Best piece, there was the best piece for something but then it would be worthless for something else.

This allowed for 3 things.

1) Old gear was not outdated like it was in most mmos. THe Uberleet body armor in Zilart was still uberleet 6 yrs later because the leet gear in later expansion where for a different function on your job. Basically this prevents WoW syndrome where every expansion negates all old content because the armor gets better. This system of out-dating everything every expansion is the stupidest thing in the mmo world does nothing but pisses everyone off.

2) More optimization, you could maximize your job to be the best it could be, it gave you something to work for. If someone can max a job out with just 15/16 pieces that would suck would all be over too fast.

3) More utility, you had something you could use to maximize dmg, maximize defense, maximize curing, maximize accuracy. And you could simply use macros to be able to handle any situation.

I see absolute no reason not to have it, it does not harm anything and removing it only limits the game in the end.
^This! /like