Legitimate reasons why many of you do NOT like Gear Swapping

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Originally Posted by ThePatriarch

It's called supply and demand. Basic principles of the market. This happens every second in real life.

Just because a 3k item is priced at 75k, does not mean you need to buy it.

But if you do, then I guess you needed it bad enough to justify the purchase. Thus, supply and demand. If you don't like the price don't buy it.

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No sir, it's called price-gouging. Definition of price-gouging.

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Originally Posted by illriginalized

FFS this game can't get anymore duller (any duller) than it is now... and I continue to play and invest in FFXIV in HOPES that 2.0 isn't a flopping let down.

The most very basic essentials (more bad grammar) of all MMOs / RPGs is missing from this game.. essentials that makes (make) the games dynamic, enjoyable, challenging... ffs we don't even have a class that can solo jobs (mobs?) 10 levels above 50.



No. 200 slots of inventory and you're complaining about inventory space? lol (inventory WILL be dropping to 100 for sure, but that's irrelevant as its not implemented yet)

You don't have to take me seriously.... because the mental caliber differences (if you are measuring only mental caliber its only difference -not plural-) between you and I... is astounding, almost as if I should feel elite compared to you.

And I'm actually the humble type.

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If you're going to talk down like that to someone, fail less in your post. If you try to talk down to someone and make so many mistakes.... you look very silly.

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Originally Posted by illriginalized

It's no wonder our education system fails miserably lol... competition is bad, mmmkay?

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Still you go ahead and alienate yourself with unnecessary attacks. I went back and found this reply of yours:

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Originally Posted by illriginalized

Ok so swappable materia on the fly. How about that?

Look I think it's silly that I have to be stuck wearing PLD AF (which is horrible... HORRIBLE) the whole time during a battle... when in reality all I want those AF pieces is just for the ability boosts it gives me. For example I'd macro in chest piece just for cover use... why the hell would I wear the af body the whole time when I have something much much much much better? It doesn't make sense.. it is illogical.

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Sure swappable materia why not? Why not being able to equip your AF with much better stats that your other gear has so you can wear that pretty AF? That would be very cool.

You see? If you stay civil you might actually get somewhere.

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Originally Posted by Xoo

No sir, it's called price-gouging. Definition of price-gouging.

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Again, if you disagree with what someone believes their products are worth, find someone else to craft it or make it yourself. You have all the tools necessary in this game to make it for yourself, what you pay for is not having to level your own crafts to do it.

And btw, people charge for their time everywhere. It's called supply and demand. (You don't want to put the time in so you pay someone else for theirs.) Stop whining when people don't give you things for free because you deserve them just for being you.

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Originally Posted by illriginalized

GEAR SWAPPING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FFXI!!!!!

RPGs ALL have gear swapping. FFS this game can't get anymore duller than it is now... and I continue to play and invest in FFXIV in HOPES that 2.0 isn't a flopping let down.

The most very basic essentials of all MMOs / RPGs is missing from this game.. essentials that makes the games dynamic, enjoyable, challenging... ffs we don't even have a class that can solo jobs 10 levels above 50.

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Calm down buddy. I'm talking about FFXIV, not FFXI.

Gear swapping doesn't define the MMO genre just because a lot of other MMOs utilize it. What does it matter what other MMOs do? This is FFXIV.

What other MMOs do doesn't change the fact that SE is against implementing gear swapping mid combat into FFXIV. In fact, it probably only strengthens SE's resolve to do something a little more unique.

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Originally Posted by Kiroh

Again, if you disagree with what someone believes their products are worth, find someone else to craft it or make it yourself. You have all the tools necessary in this game to make it for yourself, what you pay for is no having to level your own crafts to do it.

And btw, people charge for their time everywhere. It's called supply and demand. (You don't want to put the time in so you pay someone else for theirs.)

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Shut up, please.

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Originally Posted by Peptaru

If you're going to talk down like that to someone, fail less in your post. If you try to talk down to someone and make so many mistakes.... you look very silly.

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Ohhh I get it... you were able to understand my post.. instead of rebuts you just tear down the grammatical errors made in the post. What is it that they call it in debate teams? A Red Herring?

Awesome!~

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Originally Posted by Xoo

Shut up, please.

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Quit being a spoiled brat, please.

Also, level your crafts up and sell them for 10k if you believe that's what the item is worth. All this self-righteous indignation for being too lazy to make it yourself and too cheap to pay what someone else wants.

If being a spoiled brat means being sensible about things, then I am what I am! :D

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Originally Posted by Xoo

If being a spoiled brat means being sensible about things, then I am what I am! :D

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Yes, expecting people to hand things out because you're you and deserve getting everything you want for 3,000 gil is totally being sensible.

The problem with this thread is the word "legitimate". Who can define what's a legit reason? Obviously not the OP nor the anti-gear swapping crowd, since based on the title, the thread started with bias already. What others think of as legit may not be for the OP and vice versa, thus the thread will just go in circles.

1. Someone propose a reason and thinks it's legit.
2. Someone thinks it's not.
3. Repeat step 1 and 2.

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Originally Posted by illriginalized

Ohhh I get it... you were able to understand my post.. instead of rebuts you just tear down the grammatical errors made in the post. What is it that they call it in debate teams? A Red Herring?

Awesome!~

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Didn't debate your points, said if you want to be an ass, do it properly. I even provided a good example of how to do this. I made my points on gear swap previously in other posts. Also you shouldn't ask for legit reasons as someone has pointed out recently, but dismiss everyone who doesn't agree with you. If you were just trollin everyone then grats it worked, however, I've seen many LEGIT REASONS in here already.

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Originally Posted by Kiroh

Yes, expecting people to hand things out because you're you and deserve getting everything you want for 3,000 gil is totally being sensible.

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Shyeah, and you sit there and tell me you're fine paying a 97% mark-up on your next Lv40 weapon. Please, stop it.

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Originally Posted by Inaaca

Calm down buddy. I'm talking about FFXIV, not FFXI.

Gear swapping doesn't define the MMO genre just because a lot of other MMOs utilize it. What does it matter what other MMOs do? This is FFXIV.

What other MMOs do doesn't change the fact that SE is against implementing gear swapping mid combat into FFXIV. In fact, it probably only strengthens SE's resolve to do something a little more unique.

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I'm calm.. I just want to make sure everyone can easily read that this has nothing to do with FFXI, rather that it is an essential part of the RPG genre.

It is you anti-FFXI people who have to have things differently just because FFXI had it.. that's the problem with this game.. SE attempted to evolve the RPG genre with their "unique" ideas in FFXIV... which horrifically killed the sales of this game, took me 1 year to even consider buying the game.

The best way I can explain this game.. it is a retard with missing genes and the genes that do exist a portion of them are mutated to the point of uselessness.

And instead of letting it die naturally, you have it hooked up to a respirator... parts of this game needs to die.. parts of this game needs to change, and there are parts of the RPG "DNA", if you will, that this game lacks and NEEDS in order to survive or even be considered an RPG for that matter.

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Originally Posted by Xoo

Shyeah, and you sit there and tell me you're fine paying a 97% mark-up on your next Lv40 weapon. Please, stop it.

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I paid 500k for my level 48 weapon when it came out because I didn't have the craft high enough and had no intention of grinding it up at the time. If you want something, but don't want to put the effort in to make it yourself, then don't complain when you have to pay for it.

(Btw, it's worth like 50k now so I paid 10x on mark-up.)

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Originally Posted by illriginalized

there are parts of the RPG genre that this game lacks and NEEDS in order to survive or even be considered an RPG for that matter.

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I agree with this statement, but this is not one of those things. Gear swap has jackshit to do with a game bein RPG.

There should be a system simalar to gear swapping for this reason..

without gear swapping ALOT of the equipment in this game is useless, and everytime new content is released more and more equipment will become useless.. and because of this people will allways just do the content that drops the best equipment and nothing else.

with gear swaps people will do content that drops gear that would otherwise be outclassed and would only be usefull in a gear swap.

like others have stated the materia system should be able to provide somekind of solution.

and btw, if someone is a douche it isnt because of gear swaps lol!!

gear swapping was one of the best aspects of FFXI endgame. it was a system in its self.

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Originally Posted by illriginalized

I'm calm.. I just want to make sure everyone can easily read that this has nothing to do with FFXI, rather that it is an essential part of the RPG genre.

It is you anti-FFXI people who have to have things differently just because FFXI had it.. that's the problem with this game.. SE attempted to evolve the RPG genre with their "unique" ideas in FFXIV... which horrifically killed the sales of this game, took me 1 year to even consider buying the game.

The best way I can explain this game.. it is a retard with missing genes and the genes that do exist a portion of them are mutated to the point of uselessness.

And instead of letting it die naturally, you have it hooked up to a respirator... parts of this game needs to die.. parts of this game needs to change, and there are parts of the RPG "DNA", if you will, that this game lacks and NEEDS in order to survive or even be considered an RPG for that matter.

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Ok so wait, the way to change how RPGs are made is to incorporate what every other RPG has and the way to save the MMO genre is to keep it exactly the same?

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Originally Posted by Peptaru

I agree with this statement, but this is not one of those things. Gear swap has jackshit to do with a game bein RPG.

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Then lets just get rid of stats altogether. What's the point if you can't utilize them appropriately for situations. Like I said... there's nothing dynamic about NOT having gear swapping. Better yet lets not called it gear swapping, just call it, "stat swapping".

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Originally Posted by Kiroh

I paid 500k for my level 48 weapon when it came out because I didn't have the craft high enough and had no intention of grinding it up at the time. If you want something, but don't want to put the effort in to make it yourself, then don't complain when you have to pay for it.

(Btw, it's worth like 50k now so I paid 10x on mark-up.)

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I won't complain because I'm not dumb enough to pay that much for a basic weapon.

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Originally Posted by illriginalized

I'm calm.. I just want to make sure everyone can easily read that this has nothing to do with FFXI, rather that it is an essential part of the RPG genre.

It is you anti-FFXI people who have to have things differently just because FFXI had it.. that's the problem with this game.. SE attempted to evolve the RPG genre with their "unique" ideas in FFXIV... which horrifically killed the sales of this game, took me 1 year to even consider buying the game.

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Man, what are you talking about? I loved FFXI. I don't know why you keep bringing it up, though.

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Originally Posted by illriginalized

The best way I can explain this game.. it is a retard with missing genes and the genes that do exist a portion of them are mutated to the point of uselessness.

And instead of letting it die naturally, you have it hooked up to a respirator... parts of this game needs to die.. parts of this game needs to change, and there are parts of the RPG genre that this game lacks and NEEDS in order to survive or even be considered an RPG for that matter.

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Parts of this game needs to die or change? What do you think the last year has been about? What do you think 2.0 is about?

Compare FFXIV now to how it was at launch. The only thing that survived intact was the armoury system. Everything else has been scrapped or rebuilt from scratch (and if it hasn't been yet, it will be in 2.0).

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Originally Posted by Xoo

I won't complain because I'm not dumb enough to pay that much for a basic weapon.

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Then shut up and make it yourself instead of being indignant that someone won't just give it to you for 1/10 it's actual value.

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Originally Posted by illriginalized

Then lets just get rid of stats altogether. What's the point if you can't utilize them appropriately for situations. Like I said... there's nothing dynamic about NOT having gear swapping. Better yet lets not called it gear swapping, just call it, "stat swapping".

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The point is ----all the points I made before----. You need to learn to think about initial gear selection instead of just "its np, i'll just gear swap into easy mode for every situation."

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Originally Posted by Kiroh

Ok so wait, the way to change how RPGs are made is to incorporate what every other RPG has? o.O

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Every genre has its variables that makes it what it is... that fits into that category or genre.. you guys are so stuck on the idea of making this game unique that all that is happening is death to the game. The game is unique in content, story line, gear, animations, etc... you guys are gonna try to make this game so unique that it'll not be recognized as an RPG. I'm not trying to go to that extreme just over gear/stat swapping. Rather the very core of RPGs... some of that is definitely missing in this game. Whether you realize it or not.

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Originally Posted by Peptaru

The point is ----all the points I made before----. You need to learn to think about initial gear selection instead of just "its np, i'll just gear swap into easy mode for every situation."

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lol easy mode?

You can't select a set of gear that will handle a battle with different variables... where 1 stat is useful for one part of the battle that same stat will be useless for another part of the battle. You don't get it and that's perfectly fine.. either way swapping of gear is going to come. :D

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Originally Posted by Inaaca

Man, what are you talking about? I loved FFXI. I don't know why you keep bringing it up, though.


Parts of this game needs to die or change? What do you think the last year has been about? What do you think 2.0 is about?

Compare FFXIV now to how it was at launch. The only thing that survived intact was the armoury system. Everything else has been scrapped or rebuilt from scratch (and if it hasn't been yet, it will be in 2.0).

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Well they better keep on trucking.

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Originally Posted by Kiroh

Then shut up and make it yourself instead of being indignant that someone won't just give it to you.

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Aw, we're mad now. Here, have a sucker, sucker.

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Originally Posted by illriginalized

Every genre has its variables that makes it what it is... that fits into that category or genre.. you guys are so stuck on the idea of making this game unique that all that is happening is death to the game. The game is unique in content, story line, gear, animations, etc... you guys are gonna try to make this game so unique that it'll not be recognized as an RPG. I'm not trying to go to that extreme just over gear/stat swapping. Rather the very core of RPGs... some of that is definitely missing in this game. Whether you realize it or not.

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Believe it or not, we are just agreeing with the stance SE has already taken itself against gear swapping. Of course we realize this game is lacking, that's why so many people have left the game. But the solution isn't to add more inventory filler and side-grade equipment for people to grind out for their macros.

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Originally Posted by Xoo

Aw, we're mad now. Here, have a sucker, sucker.

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I'm not the one complaining when I don't get what I want. If you want something and don't want to pay everyone else's price then use the tools SE has given you and make it yourself. Better yet, if you're SO indignant that people are "price-gouging" then make it yourself and sell it to other people for what you believe is a reasonable price.

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Originally Posted by illriginalized

I'm calm.. I just want to make sure everyone can easily read that this has nothing to do with FFXI, rather that it is an essential part of the RPG genre.

It is you anti-FFXI people who have to have things differently just because FFXI had it.. that's the problem with this game.. SE attempted to evolve the RPG genre with their "unique" ideas in FFXIV... which horrifically killed the sales of this game, took me 1 year to even consider buying the game.

The best way I can explain this game.. it is a retard with missing genes and the genes that do exist a portion of them are mutated to the point of uselessness.

And instead of letting it die naturally, you have it hooked up to a respirator... parts of this game needs to die.. parts of this game needs to change, and there are parts of the RPG genre that this game lacks and NEEDS in order to survive or even be considered an RPG for that matter.

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In relation the post, I am not sure why gear swapping is the norm of MMORPG or RPG genre. I've played EQ, GW, FFXI, WoW, LOTRO, Vanguard, RO... the list goes on, some of them I don't even remember. What I do remember though is that choosing your gear wisely prior to the encounter was the norm in the games I've played, FFXI was the only one that really allowed full scale gear swapping and the community built their strategy based on that. So, in this case, I actually don't see gear swapping as the "norm" of MMORPG.

If you are talking about RPG in general, I am not sure which RPG is so hard that the majority of the community take gear swapping in mid battle as the norm. I've played my fair share of RPGs and listing them would just be silly. So I actually don't see your argument of "Gear Swapping is common in RPGs." as a legit reason why gear swapping should be allowed in FFXIV.

As of my personal opinion, I think both "gear swapping" and "choosing your gear before the encounter" takes time and efforts. However, I much prefer the latter. "Gear swapping" to me is like memorizing the text book before going into the exam, does it take a lot of effort? Sure does, and I applaud the people that have the determination to do so. However, "choosing your gear before the encounter" or choosing your gear based on the mechanism of the encounter and balance it with your playstyle takes real understanding of the mechanism. You have to break down the abilities that you may encounter, think about how you would prefer to handle them, then build your gear set around that prior to engaging. Sure, you may have to sacrifice a thing or two along the way and be a little "less perfect" but to me that's where the fun is. You can choose to further strength up your playstyle with the gear or you can choose to patch up your personal weakness with the gear instead, this decision to me is fun.

This of course is how I play and you may feel different and that's fine. Ultimately, whether gear swapping will be implemented or not is up to the devs.

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Originally Posted by illriginalized

Every genre has its variables that makes it what it is... that fits into that category or genre.. you guys are so stuck on the idea of making this game unique that all that is happening is death to the game. The game is unique in content, story line, gear, animations, etc... you guys are gonna try to make this game so unique that it'll not be recognized as an RPG. I'm not trying to go to that extreme just over gear/stat swapping. Rather the very core of RPGs... some of that is definitely missing in this game. Whether you realize it or not.

lol easy mode?

You can't select a set of gear that will handle a battle with different variables... where 1 stat is useful for one part of the battle that same stat will be useless for another part of the battle. You don't get it and that's perfectly fine.. either way swapping of gear is going to come. :D

Well they better keep on trucking.

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The fact that you can't select a set of gear that will handle a battle with different variables is exactly the beauty of choosing your gear wisely prior to the battle. You need think hard and find what set of gear will suit your playstyle and the encounter the best. Perhaps the fight has a lot of fire damage, but you are confident with your own skill that you can dodge them all, then why not stack up on allowing higher damage output? This way the boss goes down faster and you will ultimately ease some of the burden of the group. If you don't think you can dodge all the extra fire damage, then wear fire resist heavy gear, even though this may reduce your damage output, but being dead means 0 dps, so you go for survivability. Choosing your gear prior to the battle isn't a cop-out to not wanting to carry more gear. It takes real understanding of your own playstyle and how it fits into the group's playstyle and of course how the encounter works. In this case, bringing every set of gears available to encounter every variables in the battle is the easy way out. Sure it takes a lot of effort to gather all that and write up the macros. However, you are just playing reactively, what's the fun in that?

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Originally Posted by Kiroh

Tell that to Apple.

People price items at what they believe the time/effort put into the craft to get to high enough to make the item is worth. If you disagree, find someone willing to sell it cheaper, or put the time in yourself.

Supply and demand does not mean "I demand you supply me with what I want for what I want to pay".

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Naw, it's called people having too much gil and nothing to spend it on, so they're more apt to pay an inflated price just because it's there and they want it.

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Originally Posted by Kiroh

Believe it or not, we are just agreeing with the stance SE has already taken itself against gear swapping. Of course we realize this game is lacking, that's why so many people have left the game. But the solution isn't to add more inventory filler and side-grade equipment for people to grind out for their macros.

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if it gets people doing different content and allows for someone to excell or not to excell i dont see the problem.

gear swapping was FFXI's version of stat maxing, and stat maxing is one of the biggest elements in any FF game i think.

and i think complaining about inv space is a little short sighted tbh.

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Originally Posted by Kiroh

I'm not the one complaining when I don't get what I want. If you want something and don't want to pay everyone else's price then use the tools SE has given you and make it yourself. Better yet, if you're SO indignant that people are "price-gouging" then make it yourself and sell it to other people for what you believe is a reasonable price.

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Hahahaha.. this coming from the guy who apparently thought paying 500k for a 50k item was a reasonable offer. And even still, you defend this idiotic move just to support your argument. Seriously dude, get off the drugs. I'm just toying with you by now, you joker.

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Originally Posted by Rogue

if it gets people doing different content and allows for someone to excell or not to excell i dont see the problem.

gear swapping was FFXI's version of stat maxing, and stat maxing is one of the biggest elements in any FF game i think.

and i think complaining about inv space is a little short sighted tbh.

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Yes, because it's not like SE is cutting our inventory space in half in the next....oh wait.

That being said, SE has already stated that it is NOT the way they intend people in the game to excel. They've been very clear that they are not going to add it, and want to make it easier for players to rise and fall on skills rather than gear.

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Originally Posted by Rogue

There should be a system simalar to gear swapping for this reason..

without gear swapping ALOT of the equipment in this game is useless, and everytime new content is released more and more equipment will become useless.. and because of this people will allways just do the content that drops the best equipment and nothing else.

with gear swaps people will do content that drops gear that would otherwise be outclassed and would only be usefull in a gear swap.

like others have stated the materia system should be able to provide somekind of solution.

and btw, if someone is a douche it isnt because of gear swaps lol!!

gear swapping was one of the best aspects of FFXI endgame. it was a system in its self.

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This especially.

This will benefit SE as overall there would have to be more game play in order to make more gil, to buy more gear, to spirit bond gear, to meld materia onto gear, and fail melding and restart again, etc... etc.. SE knows it: Time = Money

This will benefit the market and crafting classes because there will be MORE things to sell. MORE materials to create and sell. And again more materia to buy/sell and meld. It will not be limited to the same freakin gear that everyone else has or is trying to get.

This will benefit game play, making the game more dynamic, giving us more of a challenge to master mobs, primals, and notorious monsters, overall this will boost game play value.


And by the way.. if we had gear swapping... DL to me would only have a couple uses and really.. I wouldn't even bother rocking it 24/7 for every single fight...lol

ya rly.

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Originally Posted by illriginalized

lol easy mode?

You can't select a set of gear that will handle a battle with different variables... where 1 stat is useful for one part of the battle that same stat will be useless for another part of the battle.

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Gear isn't the only variable in combat. Gear swapping isn't the only strategy that can be used against an enemy, and it's far from required to be successful.

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Originally Posted by illriginalized

You don't get it and that's perfectly fine.. either way swapping of gear is going to come. :D

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You don't seem to understand that SE has already shot down the concept of gear swapping in combat for FFXIV.

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Originally Posted by illriginalized

Well they better keep on trucking.

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If you're keeping up with the development of this game at all then you know they're working their asses off.

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Originally Posted by KyrsIsley

What I do remember though is that choosing your gear wisely prior to the encounter was the norm in the games I've played~

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im sorry but i dont know about you but i rarely ever have to change gear prior to any particular encounter.

i will allways take my heal pot on whm, def on pld, atk on dragoon, etcetc.

the only time i would use gear i wouldnt 95% of the time otherwise is through gear swaps.

so bassically what your saying completely irrelevant.

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Originally Posted by Xoo

Hahahaha.. this coming from the guy who apparently thought paying 500k for a 50k item was a reasonable offer. And even still, you defend this idiotic move just to support your argument. Seriously dude, get off the drugs. I'm just toying with you by now, you joker.

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500k for what is "now" a 50k item.

Also, it's cute that you think being lazy and cheap are redeeming character traits. If you don't like what other people price things at, you could always go cry about it on an internet forum and cut yourself. =o

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Originally Posted by Kiroh

500k for what is "now" a 50k item.

Also, it's cute that you think being lazy and cheap are redeeming character traits. If you don't like what other people price things at, you could always go cry about it on an internet forum and cut yourself. =o

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If I'm crying about anything, it's over how hilarious you are. Go on, this is fun. :D

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Originally Posted by Rogue

im sorry but i dont know about you but i rarely ever have to change gear prior to any particular encounter.

i will allways take my heal pot on whm, def on pld, atk on dragoon, etcetc.

the only time i would use gear i wouldnt 95% of the time otherwise is through gear swaps.

so bassically what your saying completely irrelevant.

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You're basically saying you agree with him.

If you rarely have to change gear prior to any encounter, then you've chosen the gear that is all-round suited for most encounters. Which is what he was saying. Choosing your gear in advance ~ in this case, an all-round purpose gear.

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Originally Posted by Rogue

im sorry but i dont know about you but i rarely ever have to change gear prior to any particular encounter.

i will allways take my heal pot on whm, def on pld, atk on dragoon, etcetc.

the only time i would use gear i wouldnt 95% of the time otherwise is through gear swaps.

so bassically what your saying completely irrelevant.

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Because using "your" playstyle to say that my statement is completely irrelevant is all that relevant.

/sarcasm

As a warrior tank in Aurum Vale, you will want to use cobalt cuirass or sentienel's cuirass for the majority of the run. However, prior to engaging Miser's Mistress, I will make sure I switch to the warrior AF body. As a mage, I make sure I stack up on HP gear during the tunnel, but once I am at Coincounter, I will make sure I switch to dps focused gear. I am not the only person that does this, I've been in enough groups and see other individuals do the same.

Also, I would argue that as a WHM you don't need heal pot. The pure healing output WHM has right now is more than enough to cover most of the situations in any given encounter, unless you have your entire group standing in front of Morbol or standing in the puddle. I would say that HP food is better suited for WHM, so that Blissful Mind (emergency MP recovery) helps you regain more MP, and also increase your survivability during the off chance that things go wrong and you have to take a hit or two. This to me is why I think choosing gear prior to the encounter is so much more fun than simply gear swapping on the fly.

If you need to ask why I do so, then clearly you don't understand the mechanisms of these encounters.

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Originally Posted by Fiosha_Maureiba

You're basically saying you agree with him.

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I don't really think he agrees with me, since he always take "heal pot on whm, def on pld, atk on dragoon" (I assume he means food, since why would you take heal pot on WHM when you can heal yourself?), and I clearly disagree. :P

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Originally Posted by KyrsIsley

In relation the post, I am not sure why gear swapping is the norm of MMORPG or RPG genre. I've played EQ, GW, FFXI, WoW, LOTRO, Vanguard, RO... the list goes on, some of them I don't even remember. What I do remember though is that choosing your gear wisely prior to the encounter was the norm in the games I've played, FFXI was the only one that really allowed full scale gear swapping and the community built their strategy based on that. So, in this case, I actually don't see gear swapping as the "norm" of MMORPG.

If you are talking about RPG in general, I am not sure which RPG is so hard that the majority of the community take gear swapping in mid battle as the norm. I've played my fair share of RPGs and listing them would just be silly. So I actually don't see your argument of "Gear Swapping is common in RPGs." as a legit reason why gear swapping should be allowed in FFXIV.

As of my personal opinion, I think both "gear swapping" and "choosing your gear before the encounter" takes time and efforts. However, I much prefer the latter. "Gear swapping" to me is like memorizing the text book before going into the exam, does it take a lot of effort? Sure does, and I applaud the people that have the determination to do so. However, "choosing your gear before the encounter" or choosing your gear based on the mechanism of the encounter and balance it with your playstyle takes real understanding of the mechanism. You have to break down the abilities that you may encounter, think about how you would prefer to handle them, then build your gear set around that prior to engaging. Sure, you may have to sacrifice a thing or two along the way and be a little "less perfect" but to me that's where the fun is. You can choose to further strength up your playstyle with the gear or you can choose to patch up your personal weakness with the gear instead, this decision to me is fun.

This of course is how I play and you may feel different and that's fine. Ultimately, whether gear swapping will be implemented or not is up to the devs.



The fact that you can't select a set of gear that will handle a battle with different variables is exactly the beauty of choosing your gear wisely prior to the battle. You need think hard and find what set of gear will suit your playstyle and the encounter the best. Perhaps the fight has a lot of fire damage, but you are confident with your own skill that you can dodge them all, then why not stack up on allowing higher damage output? This way the boss goes down faster and you will ultimately ease some of the burden of the group. Choosing your gear prior to the battle isn't a cop-out to not wanting to carry more gear. It takes real understanding of your own playstyle and how it fits into the group's playstyle and of course how the encounter works. In this case, bringing every set of gears available to encounter every variables in the battle is the easy way out. Sure it takes a lot of effort to gather all that and write up the macros. However, you are just playing reactively, what's the fun in that?

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I super thank you for posting. It's an extended version of what I was about to post. The only other RPG I can think of that *could* be considered promote gear swapping would be Fallout 3 or Skyrim.