Why make it so difficult to gear up our non-caster DPS?

[jars]

look at it this way: you don't have to share gear with a class that values stats completely differently and end up with an entire tier of unoptomized gear

[Mister-Wonderful]

I would love to get individual gear for my smn/blm
Now Im gimping my blm cause I dont want it to look like my summoner

Every class should get their own gear imo

Then buy and obtain individual gear for your BLM and SMN. If they each had their own set you would still only have 1 set ironworks for each job, and 1 dreadwyrm, meaning you are still locked into the exact same gear choices as now, except you wouldn't be gearing 2 jobs, just 1.

[Niwashi]

I would love to get individual gear for my smn/blm
Now Im gimping my blm cause I dont want it to look like my summoner

Every class should get their own gear imo

I'd be happier if they'd just give more armory chest space for all these sets I'd like to have on my character at once.

I agree with these two, but think they should definitely be done in combination. Split out everything, and give us plenty of space to hold it all. Whenever we get more stuff, we end up needing more space. (And with yet more jobs on the way, that's going to be an increasing problem.)

[Niwashi]

Then buy and obtain individual gear for your BLM and SMN.

To do that, SE would have to remove the "Unique" tag from, well, just about everything.

[Anarnee]

No.... I don't want any of my jobs to share gear honestly >: Hate that my PLD and WAR have to look the same.

[myahele]

Its pretty unfair that melee dps don't have shared gear (except acc) while tanks, healers and casters can share gear.

[LeCard]

I agree with these two, but think they should definitely be done in combination. Split out everything, and give us plenty of space to hold it all. Whenever we get more stuff, we end up needing more space. (And with yet more jobs on the way, that's going to be an increasing problem.)

Yes, but if they are going to make you grind for different gear sets for each (as melee DPS does now) and they give the increased armory space then I would like to see more of a difference in gear appearance than a color swap. As it stands they should just combine ninja/Bard Drg/Mnk since they gear look is basically the same but color changed. I don't see the reason that a ninja should look exactly the same as a bard just color inverted or a monk should look like a dragoon color inverted, that is just lazy gear design and if they are going to be lazy go all the way and just share the gear. To me it looks more like they were making the melee gear first got lazy half way through and just color swapped a couple then got to making the tank and caster gear and said screw it, just let them share even color swapping is too much work.

[Felis]

Brd/Nin shouldn't share gear either. They are two different style of jobs.

They don't share gear. Only some of the new models in different colors.

[Felis]

I don't see the reason that a ninja should look exactly the same as a bard just color inverted or a monk should look like a dragoon color inverted, that is just lazy gear design and if they are going to be lazy go all the way and just share the gear. To me it looks more like they were making the melee gear first got lazy half way through and just color swapped a couple then got to making the tank and caster gear and said screw it, just let them share even color swapping is too much work.

MNK and DRG gear have different Def and Mdef stats. Also only the tome gear of them share the same model (if we are talking about the new 2.4 gears)

[RiceisNice]

MNK and DRG gear have different Def and Mdef stats. Also only the tome gear of them share the same model (if we are talking about the new 2.4 gears)

Meanwhile, NIN and BRD have same defense stats, and it's still separated by scouting and aiming.