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[Frodnon]

I do see why so many use gear swap and try to min/max everything....I just make the choice to play in a different style than anyone else, and believe it or not, I do make the gear I use work....I just try to balance out what I need with the job I'm playing....and as I said...if you can't play a job well in crap gear, you can't play the job at all

Yes, you can play your job in crap gear, but that still makes you crap.

[Effilil]

Yes, you can play your job in crap gear, but that still makes you crap.

so you're saying there's only 1 way to play any job in the game? I think that opinion is wrong...I know samurai who are still crap after 7 years on the job and having the best gear in the game for sam, swap gear included...it's not the gear, it's the player, and I happen to be very good at my jobs ingame, not because of gear, but because of how I use the job

[Frodnon]

so you're saying there's only 1 way to play any job in the game? I think that opinion is wrong...I know samurai who are still crap after 7 years on the job and having the best gear in the game for sam, swap gear included...it's not the gear, it's the player, and I happen to be very good at my jobs ingame, not because of gear, but because of how I use the job

You're still not using proper gear, nor putting effort into properly using it. Congrats, you're still crap. A person with skill and gear is still going to run circles around you.

[Effilil]

You're still not using proper gear, nor putting effort into properly using it. Congrats, you're still crap. A person with skill and gear is still going to run circles around you.

not really...I have crap gear on blm and have been told by blm with the gear and skill that I'm better than they are....and if you actually research and plan your gear out, you'll find that a good balanced gear set can be 10000 times better than the swap gear sets over the longer run
what it comes down to is simply that my opinion is different from yours and you simply think that yours is right...there are as many ways to play as there are players, and not one agrees with any other 100%

[Frodnon]

you'll find that a good balanced gear set can be 10000 times better than the swap gear sets over the longer run

No, you'll find your damage to be less, your mana drain be faster, the need to rest be more often and for longer times. This isn't an opinion, this is factual. Two people of equal skill, one min/maxes their gear, the other doesn't, who will do more damage, have better buffs, and be able to perform better?

[Effilil]

No, you'll find your damage to be less, your mana drain be faster, the need to rest be more often and for longer times. This isn't an opinion, this is factual. Two people of equal skill, one min/maxes their gear, the other doesn't, who will do more damage, have better buffs, and be able to perform better?

and who will pull agro and die? there is such a thing as hate control, and managing that can be more important than damage when you're a mage with low hp and crap def (and don't tell me mage gear gives good def or eva, because it doesn't) and I hear people complaining all the time that the main assist can't keep hate because the mages pull hate off them with every cast

and truthfully? this started as a thread seeking legitamit advice from other players, not as a thread about what gear you should or shouldn't use or how you should play the game....so let's leave this argument with 1 fact
I CHOOSE to play in a different way than YOU.