So, if I'm reading this right, what you're saying is jobs that have 2 handed weapons (brd, war, blm/whm (for staff) should have some sort of accessory in the shield slot?

They could just do what they already did in XI, just add grips for 2 handed weapons that offer some stat bonuses. Which would work great, if you know, they didn't skimp on the stats and remove 90% of them in ARR (refresh, damage taken- etc). Because that'd be pretty useful, imagine a mage grip with something like "Casting speed" or "Refresh" on it. Too bad SE thinks anything more than the basic stats are too much for people to handle these days >.>