Dancer Gear

If I had a Monk in a Ninja Outfit with the Inferno Fists, that would be badass

I expect, or hope, that they're trimming sets. 1 for tanks, 1 for melee, 1 for rangers, 1 for casters, 1 for healers.

3 different types of melee dps gear is a bit silly, especially considering how similar it all is.

I imagine they'll use Ninja or Ranged gear.

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Originally Posted by Jandor

I expect, or hope, that they're trimming sets. 1 for tanks, 1 for melee, 1 for rangers, 1 for casters, 1 for healers.

3 different types of melee dps gear is a bit silly, especially considering how similar it all is.

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I think they could do away with the DRG sets and move them over to sharing with MNK and SAM. Still have 2 sets for melee, one for STR and one for DEX.

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Originally Posted by CaptainLagbeard

I think they could do away with the DRG sets and move them over to sharing with MNK and SAM. Still have 2 sets for melee, one for STR and one for DEX.

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I think they might get rid of STR and DEX (and INT and MND) and just replace them with one overall 'attack stat'.

That's all they really are now anyway.

For all we know it could use Drg like gear or Monk/Sam.
I would have liked to plan ahead but we do not yet know sadly

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Originally Posted by ShinShimon

Going forward they should just change ninja to use monk/samurai gear. It'd save them a lot of work, and ninja is no more aesthetically distinct from monk/samurai than they are to each other.

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NIN and MNK can share the left side gear while SAM share with DRG. While they might be aesthetically different, NIN and MNK do share being the more "fluid" of the four melees.
So it make sense for them to have the "lighter" melee gear, while SAM and DRG get the "heavier" melee gear.

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Originally Posted by Fland

NIN and MNK can share the left side gear while SAM share with DRG. While they might be aesthetically different, NIN and MNK do share being the more "fluid" of the four melees.
So it make sense for them to have the "lighter" melee gear, while SAM and DRG get the "heavier" melee gear.

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They're not going to shift samurai out just to move ninja in, and Yoshi-P specifically wanted samurai to have an Edo period lightly-armored samurai aesthetic. DRG has the most justification remaining distinct because it in theory uses heavy armor.

Well, they mentioned that DNC will use DEX and there's "Compatible" gear already (Aiming)

But at the same time, they sort of hinted at changes to NIN gear due to it being DEX and using its own unique gear...

I wouldn't be at all surprised if they ended up just mirroring right side gear. Fending/Slaying/Aiming/Casting/Healing.

Meaning that:

WAR/PLD/DRK/GNB use Fending.

MNK/SAM/DRG use Slaying.

NIN/DNC/BRD/MCH use Aiming.

BLM/SMN/RDM(/BLU lol) use Casting.

WHM/SCH/AST use Healing.

Unless they decide to do something crazy with stats in the rework to combat systems.

Though, it highlights the thing where unless they decide to have another "Weird" job, having NIN using DEX gear is likely going to bite them in the ass eventually. Since they won't be able to just swap them to using Slaying gear because it means changing all their class and job gear to STR from DEX.

Also, I'm sure the majority of Tanks out there would love to get their hands on Maiming/Slaying gear for that sweet, sweet STR xD

Especially for Accessories *Barfs*

main stat is kind of meaningless at this point. It's just a reflection of item level
They should try to trim down the sets a bit
especially the ones that are single class only

personally i think a dancer would look more appropriate in ninja stuff than bard stuff as well

Im 99% sure it's Aiming.
Drg always had maiming for itself, it mostly use chain/plate gear, so it will never share gear with mnk/nin/sam, or any other non-knight-like dps.