Quote Originally Posted by Crevox View Post
At the moment, it pretty much was. You could get darklight/some alternatives like militia, but depending on your class, most of the time it was the best or VERY CLOSE to the best. I understand 2.0 will be different and I'm hoping it will be to that extent.
Lol, dude you have no idea what you're talking about. A select few pieces of AF are good, the rest of it is pretty much garbage. Melds and drops (militia/darklight) outclass most pieces. With the exception of WHM, no one should be wearing full AF. This may change in 2.0 but AF was nowhere near the best. It was the bare minimum.

Like I've been saying, and you haven't addressed, if you truly want to be dedicated to your class/job then you'll be way better than any schmuck of the street who leveled it for fun. If you're truly dedicated you'll have better armor, better weapons and far better knowledge. Take two BLMs, one in full AF and one with double/triple melds and a relic. Who would you say just going by gear is more dedicated? Not always "better" but they at least took the time to gear it up.