Quote Originally Posted by Aeyis View Post
No, he's correct. If you ''need'' to swap equipment to fit the situation then its not longer horizontal since you dont actually have a choice in what to equip. Your example of elemental weapons is a good example of that.
There will always be one objectively correct set of items to wear for every single situation in a game whether or not it has vertical or horizontal progression.

So you could never have "real" horizontal progression or whatever the argument is.