Vxsote said it perfectly. I like all of his points. I think that everyone who replied so far made excellent points, but if only one gets read, it should be Vxsote's.

I'd like to add my vote to the "Evoliths are way too situational" group. Nobody will ever want to have a piece of gear that only works vs. a single mob family.

Also, gear that the evoliths could go on is pretty rare. At the moment, there is no reason why I would ever want an evolith or one of the etchable synergy specific gearsets.

what I like!:

-- warp rings. The jeuno ring got a lot of use from me when I was questing.

-- cool furnishings. My sister collects 'em, and they were fun to make together.

-- group synthing. I admit I didn't think it'd work, but its actually not that bad, and kind of fun! Me and my family got together and made some rings and furnishings.

suggestions/wishlist!:

-- Evolith that give a set amount of stats. Example: accuracy+10, evasion+5, str+2, what have you. No mob family specific evolith, please.

--make every piece of gear etchable. Is it really going to break the game at this point? I don't think so. It'll definitely get everyone wanting synergy, though. It might allow people to condense some of their gear. Even if there are limits as to how many evoliths/what strenght can go on a piece.

--make synergy give certain aesthetic value to armor. Even if it gives no stats, being able to dye a piece of gear a certain color is going to make this craft very popular. We are a vain bunch.

-- no more sidegrades. I like situational gear -- heck, I still have a VIT/chakra swap for my monk -- but please, SE, we don't need any *more* gear. Give us a way to condense some of it. It's okay to have gear swaps, but most people posting here mention that they have 70+ pieces just for everyday, regular stuff. It's okay if you let us condense some of it.

-- I'm firmly in the realm of 'it'll never happen', but prism staff. With the magian trials separating magic accuracy/magic damage/smn perp staves, what's a mage to do? How's about letting us put some of those staves together?

that is all ^^