Morning in Vana'diel: Tuning Out on New Gear.

Morning in Vana'diel is your daily dose of FFXI and all things Vana'diel. Give us your thoughts on the interesting topics of the day! Today, a quick look at Mythics and gear statistics.

The problem with the Mythics so far is just like the problems that SE has with almost all of it's gear. They can't decide how good they want their gear to be. Too many times they just make the gear without considering the alternatives that people use, instead of tuning the gear they are making to fit in some kind of pre-existing order. For example, why doesn't SE look at the highest tier of regularly available gear/weapons before making new gear. I believe the only time they may have actually considered this was when creating the Salvage gear. I don't know why, when creating a different tier of extremely hard to get weapons, they don't consider what is already available as a benchmark.

This is true of Mythics and Relics as much as it is true that there hasn't really been anything added that can beat HQ staffs. It's like Blizzard and SE are the Odd Couple. Blizzard is all math and formulas and DPS, and SE is all crazy ideas, weird innovations and huge spikes in damage. What all MMO'ers need is World of Fantasy-craft XI! What do you think? Does SE just make new gear without consideration of older gear? Does SE actually like how gear currently works and likes the itemization that already exist? Tell us what you think!