Will SUMMONER always share gear with BLM

[PArcher]

Well yeah. We get that. And it shouldn't BE like that, is the point. It's sloppy and lazy, and continues with one of the big problems of this game - everyone is cookie-cutter and samey-samey. We all have the same equipment, same abilities, same recipes for crafting. It's freaking boring.

OK, so you want to be forced to run dungeons even MORE to get that one thing you want?

Imagine trying to get something from Coil if there were 9 full sets of armor and accessories...what a nightmare.

EDIT: Also, if crafted were different for each class, I'd bet it would look something like the two sets of Vanyas...the exact same, just one different base stat (for the Role...and most people would just meld them to be the same anyway)

[Ryios]

Your AF 1.5 is unique to your class isn't it? Drops will be shared, and always have been, even in FFXI.

[Ryios]

OK, so you want to be forced to run dungeons even MORE to get that one thing you want?

Imagine trying to get something from Coil if there were 9 full sets of armor and accessories...what a nightmare.

Would still be 90% drg drops, 9% mnk drops, and 1% everything else.

[PArcher]

Would still be 90% drg drops, 9% mnk drops, and 1% everything else.

If it were 90% DRG drops, I'd have my mask, gloves, body and ring...haven't seen any of those yet.

This week it was mostly caster drops with some tank for us.

[Stormfeather]

At least it would give us something to do/strive for.

To be clear, I'm fine with *some* stuff being shared, which would give you at least a backup decent set of level for new classes, whatever.

But it would be nice to have something else to strive for that'd be an upgrade, and that makes you look different. From different sources.

It'd be even nicer if they started adding some either-or choices with abilities, or some that were tougher and you had to go out of your way to get, crafting patterns that you didn't automatically get with level, etc. etc., so that not EVERY SINGLE PERSON of the same class(es) would be the very same.

[Syrellaris]

it is not such a nightmare, just make it drop 3 different class items per boss.

[yukikaze_yanagi]

why they should waste resources and money to develop clone equipment with different skin ? Because they'll all have identical stats

[Alhanelem]

I hope not. It annoys me to great ends to share gear with a different class. It makes everyone look the same and is not very unique. I prefer each class to have its own unique gear set. In example

Arcanist / Scholar = Unique
Arcanist / Summoner = Unique

and of course the same for BLM, WHM, BARD etc.

This is why we have wonderful sets of armor colloquially known as "AF."

There will be both common sets and unique sets throughout the game's life. You may have to compete with people for the in-common drops, but the advantage is one drop works for both jobs. If the look bothers you, take advantage of the upcoming vanity system to wear the gear with the looks you want.

[Tupsi]

Yes they will because Yoshi feels it would stress the community if you have specialized stats for your job to gear for.

[Mug]

Not only that, but casting and healing gear are often just recolours of eachother (Daklight, Crystal Tower, Allagan gear and, from what I can see, even PvP gear). So essentially You share the same piece of armour, just with different colours, between four jobs.