Quote Originally Posted by Koldhara View Post

the only reason i can see this being implemented, or even being needed, is if you did large raids, and gave priority to certain member over others who gets to even lot on the gear. to me, that is such an old concept and counter productive. with class:gear restriction, i don't see a need for this mechanic since only those who can use the item can lot on them as need comes before greed.
This may be antiquated in some ways but there isn't a much better way to handle gear on a large scale where there are multiple people going after the same pieces. Just because you cannot equip it at the time of the dungeon does not mean that you cannot wear or even use the gear. For instance, you may want a whitemage to fill out your party, so someone that normally plays dragoon goes along for the ride as a whm. Then a great piece drops for drg but since that player is on whm, they cannot "need" it even though they really may need it.