Quote Originally Posted by Orophen View Post
Okay, I've seen this argument floating around for a while now. It's seriously kind of bugging me. If you can't look at the gear that's out there and see that it works for you and work towards it as a goal because it makes you better at your job... then I dunno what's going on. I'm trying to communicate this as tactfully as possible. It's just weird and strange to hear this kind of reasoning. Is it just that you guys want something more "special" that no one else can have but you?

I don't get that. So what if everyone can wear it? So what if others are playing dress up with it? What makes it any less of a goal if it's a great piece of gear you need in order to get things done? Why would you need a requirement to want that piece of gear? I didn't want to say so up front, but it really feels like people aren't capable of thinking for themselves, like they need to be controlled or herded in some way to get things done, and that bothers me. I'm asking these questions seriously btw and I'd like a serious answer if possible.
Put it this way. In FFXI for example, you see someone pimped out in AF gear for the first time and you get pumped up and can't wait to level up to 60 so you can get all your AF gear!!!! in FFXIV, you just cross your fingers and you hope someone is selling that gear in the wards...that's the difference and that makes all the difference in the world in my opinion. In FFXI every few levels I felt rewarded with a new set of gear, in FFXIV I'm given everything before I even set foot outside of the city walls.