Is Best In Slot Gear IRRELEVANT in FFXIV? 

Idk if anyone has said this, but it's not the gear but the chase of the gear that makes you better. You get the gear, that means you cleared the hard thing. You farm the gear, it means you're probably doing the hard thing optimally. Both the gear and the experience are what make you better.

You can just wait until January to get your BIS weapon. Which is your relic weapon.

it only important at the start of a raid tier and ultimates, there isn't accuracy stat in the game anymore either so at least no one is getting a ton of points that get wasted because you have reached the stat req to hit a boss with out missing. Ofc u kill things faster out in the world, but everything else is level synced like you said, so no it don't matter to the majority of the player base, but in the end it comes down to a personal thing what an individual want to spend their time on, no answer is correct or wrong imo. Ive seen Destiny players wanting higher power level to grind, but the diminished return is insane, that either show a lack of understanding how a game works, or you just like to see the number in the inventory screen go up, giving a illusion that you get allot more powerful.

definitely not irrelevant. alot of people are not great at this game lol. need any extra dps i can get

Fashion is always BiS.

By definition; best in slot is usually useless. Best in Slot usually drops from the pinnacle content. If you already beat that content without that shiny item... what's the point of the item?

Crit savage would be more accessible and more popular if you could rez. They add that and many many more will play it. Hardcore players just swipe on, I know your opinion is probably different. If you can rez in 8 man you should be able to in 4 man that is harder. I also think it would be way more popular if it dropped the weapon upgrade item and even more so if it dropped a gear set.

Gah!, im so mad that they locked a sweet 660 item lvl tenacity tank torso armor to p11 savage and the alternative 660 that you can get with comedy tomes has critical hit as a stat instead!

Yes

Haven't raided seriously in ages, but mechanics are always more important than stats. If you suck, you suck even with BiS. So BiS is mostly a crutch if you're just barely good enough. A better player wouldn't need the BiS. With that said, I also do not see a reason not to pursue BiS if you have time for it. It's going to make your life easier, so if that matters to you, do it.

This shit is the dumbest new conversation. If you do end game content of course it matters. Its basically mandatory for ultimates on release and it makes criterion easier/faster

I've found if you casually enjoy playing ff14 the bis for myself is the current crafted gear otherwise the chase for bis is pointless if you don't raid high-end content.

I love how people are actually talking about this now. Especially now in post-EW where there’s no exploration PvE zone to actually USE that BiS gear you farmed out. If ultimates are the “reason” for getting BiS, then gearing in the endgame is absolutely worthless for 90% of the player base. And farming BiS for the purpose of reclears is just plain boring. Huge missed opportunity and oversight on the game design.

Best in slot is not worth it and useless, if you only care about Deep Dungeon.

Unless you specifically want that gear for its looks or you think people are impressed by it, then yeah, BIS is completely irrelevant. You don't need it for anything, not even Ultimates. It's really no point in pursuing it unless you think the content is fun and the gear looks good, but that doesn't make it "relevant".

Game is dying.