set bonus's?

[Autumnfire]

Well perhaps Materia could hold set bonuses, it'd allow the variation in gear but also make Materia more attractive?

This actually sounds like a pretty interesting concept.

Conversely, maybe having set bonus items have materia slots to help fill in the gaps for some of that "customization" might help too.

[KaitlynOfOz]

Offering a dissenting opinion. *snip*

I would have to agree with this sentiment. If you have sets then its likely the bonus will be in a useless stat (crit on a whm, ss on a smn, parry on a warrior, etc) or require you to slot pieces of gear that will have the stats you don't want (crit instead of det, ss instead of piety, etc) if you are going for max/min or BiS for a class.

If there was a set that was specific to each class or have multiple pieces to each slot (a body both whm and sch could wear but came in a crit or det heavy variant within the same set) so you could mix and match like variant A with variant B or two Bs, or two As and still get the same result C, so you could still customize your build to maximize the stats you wanted but still get a set bonus.

[Gormogon]

With the current system's pace of end game I'm not looking forward to sets unless previous set bonus or the gear itself can be upgraded.

I wouldn't enjoy having a set bonus that will only last me a couple of weeks before it becomes obsolete.

[CrystalRainbow]

I totally have to agree with this idea. I personally love having sets of gears.

[IfritReborn]

No, because of Accuracy

[saber_alter]

No, because of Accuracy

only in coil.

[ForteXX]

Ya, even if its small, this needs put in. In other games, when a group of items share a name they get a bonus for having all (or at least most) of the items of the set.

[WellFooled]

I enjoyed set bonuses in other MMOs and wouldn't mind seeing them added, but I think I really just want more interesting stats no matter what form they take. The system as it is is quite boring

[kidvideo]

A proc or latent affect would be cool. Full set Armor that crackles with energy & proc damage when struck... robes that shimmer or make the wearer semi transparent, offering higher evasion... so many ideas!

[Nahara]

Offering a dissenting opinion. Set bonuses take away a lot of the customization ability as far as what people can equip. I enjoy being able to mix and match things from the several sets of gear we have at our disposal in order to get the best performance. With set bonuses, the concept of best in slot gear is thrown to the wolves, and we're left with having to equip everything from a single set as though it was a single piece of gear.

Not true, because it really all depends on how you want to gear your character, what kind of benefits those set bonuses provide, and what the stats on other gear looks like. It's entirely possible for the benefits of a set bonus to be pretty comparable to what you gain by mixing-and-matching gear.