to be frank SE fully admitec gear swaping was not intentional and they don't switcjh it because it will tick ppl off. And from my personal experience a well timed nuke is more effective then a high powered one. I've seen this game before and after gear swaping. and in my personal experindce ppl goit WORST with gear swaping... and blame it on others.
but that is just my opinion. I'm not saying anything other then that. Oh and i did use staves both hq and nq as a rdm blm and sch tyvm i didn't see personally any real difference and tbh got killed from it. I've done basic gear swaping and i think its idiotic. but gear swap to your hearts content. Just don't cry if you die from pover powered skills that cause u to gain hate resulting in ur deatj. (which i seen more times then i can count )
I'm a firm believer in people playing how they wish. You guys have literally no reason or right to tell me how to play

if u want that right pay for my account.