Quote Originally Posted by Risvertasashi View Post
They seem to have fixed that pretty well for PLD, though. Shields come as an 'extra' drop (ie you get 3 items from a chest instead of two), or cost less tokens, or things can be bought as a set now...

So that reason doesn't really hold up anymore.
I remember that live letter too and that was pretty much the reason spot on, and in FCoB that damn shield wasn't an extra it still ate a slot. adding wands and caster shields back in would just add to the item bloat.