Quote Originally Posted by Gidonoidon_Sur View Post
Do you all think that gear swapping will become more prevalent with the inception of materia? Like, say I have X piece, and I want a DD version (+Attack, +STR, etc materia attached) and a survival version (+HP, +elemental resistances), I could have both and create macros like in XI and switch back and forth depending on the circumstance. It seems with XIV they moved away from the gear-centric approach of XI (where you could macro in different gear for different situations). But do you think this approach could return with the release of materia?
Currently you can't switch any gear (save arrows maybe? I dunno) while in combat, so they would have to change that before "gear swapping" can even happen. However, I really hope they don't because as much as I loved playing FFXI I really didn't like having to change gear before using each spell/ability. Yeah, it made some gear's appeal last a long time (you know, that one head gear that gave +"something" to some stat/ability that you used in one specific situation...), but seeing player character models flash in and out of existence like a strobe light was just... odd, heh.