SE, Please do somthing about the boring gear stats.. Please just read first...

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Bards AF1 body could have "Enhances Ballads", AF1.5 could have "Enhances Ballads II", and the upcoming AF2 "Enhances Ballads III". Would add an extra level of thought going into encounters as well; "Do I need this set for this fight?", etc.

Because in addition to carrying around gear for 12 Jobs, i absolutely want to also be carrying 3+ sets for each of the 12 Jobs.
Because we don't ALREADY have a buttload of crap to store.

The problem all these threads seem to miss is that if we had for example, 20 unique stats and random job specific bonuses, then the math folk would simply do as they did for WoW and every other MMO (XI *only* got away with it because you could change gear in combat) and math out the best stats to make the best possible DPS and then all other stats are junk.

Hell, as a Warrior in WoW during early Lich King, i loved my crit/haste build. It wasn't the greatest DPS, but it was incredibly fun. Yet i was not allowed to use it in raid content because full Strength+Armor Penetration was statistically superior in every way.

You need to realize that if you have 100 unique stats to mix and match with, all of those need to be 100% on par with each other. Thus removing the "fun" because it doesn't matter what you wear, your DPS/healing isn't going to change.
If one stat gets even 1% ahead of the other stats, everything else is junk.