Attk does go beyond 999 in ff11 its just until abyssea it wasnt so easily reached and the fact that a gimpy gear person does less dmg than a elite geared person showed that the dmg/attk per mobs defense was scaled correctly. Also a lower lvled elite equipped character in ff11 always did more dmg than a slightly higher lvled gimp geared person . But with the current system in 14 all this crap is thrown out the window the only true deciding factor is your rank; while it played some role in ff11 it wasnt as harsh for the most. No i dont want to play ff11+1 but i do want to keep playing a game that does crap right or trys to make it right this game is still no where near pay to play standards was just lving my archer btw and a lvl 1 bow/arrows was doing exact same dmg as a lvl 11 bow on same mob...... so stop arguing the obvious. In 11 there was a shit ton of dif in the dmg dealt using a higher lvl more dmg weapon; in 14 the difference is mute.