i'm not the one who brings it up jeezum.

and only reason i do bring up ffxi is the basic machanice are infact THE SAME. they do have macro for gear, they do what you guys called "gear swap" gear. this is an mmorpg it is no different then say D&D skills tied to stats and gear based on stats is nothing new. There is a lovely word call CHOICE. You gear up your character how u see fit based on what you wish to do. Getting the best gear you can for this style.

Example:
I enjoying playing thf with mithra, and i perfer crit hitting from behind and using my sneak attack. So i'm gonna use mostly dex gear and gear that help my Sneak attack.

the thf next to me loves hitting fast... so they going to mostly use haste gear.

and we work well as a team since i'm hitting great crits and he is hitting fast. thats the basic of basic concept.

team based play is more then 6-18 ppl killing 1 mob. its about exploiting each other strangths and covering each others weaknesses.