Originally Posted by
Karbuncle
Why not just have FATEs give a unique currency outside of Company seals (And maybe have seals be gained through % of exp like XI or through dungeons to make up for FATEs no longer rewarding them). This currency can be used to buy FATE oriented gear, as well as a few Pieces of Green/Pink tier gear for Low/Mid/High ranges or gear, and maybe even some old XI throwbacks since a lot of FATE monsters are reminiscent of that.
Each FATE would give say, 10% of the exp earned just like Company seals do at current, and items would be broken down by level and point value, like say, level 1-30 gear could be broken up into 4 categories, Pink Tier Weapons/Head/Hands/Feet, Pink tier Body/Legs/Accessories, Green tier Unique items based on the FATEs of the level range, and Blue tier FATE gear (say White-level normally, but FATE bonuses giving it Blue tier quality while in FATEs only). This could also open up the beginning of more interesting armor options, perhaps the FATE only gear could offer benefits during FATEs like increasing the potency of heals you receive, or bonus damage to FATE enemies... but thats just my fantasy.
Regardless, some examples of the Unique green-tier items could simply be like Odin/Behemoth items... Items based on FATEs of the level range you're buying from. an example might be
FATE (By A Whisker)
Ose Whisker
(Lancer's Arm) - Level 34 (Item Level 36)
P.Dmg:23 M.Dmg:20 Delay:2.8
STR+9 VIT+8 DET+6 Critical Hit Rate +12
(FATE: Simurgh is The Word)
Trotter's Boots
(Item > Armor > Feet) Level 23
DEF:13 M.def:25
STR+3 DEX+3 VIT+2 DET+2
(maybeevensomemovementspeed)
And even items from the FATE nms like Gorg and so forth. Multiple even maybe. But thats just my idea, adds a decent/alternative sustainable gearing system for leveling second/third/etc Jobs, adds a couple throw-back pieces of gear for XI veterens, and gives us some minuscule feeling of worthy overworld content.
Maybe to complicated for some people or just to farfetched, either way, would be nice if they added more FATE items like the Behemoth/Odin sets, especially for Iconic XI NMs/HNMs