Color effect the stats of robes now?

[Kiote]

Whos to say they wanted us to choose the colour of our gear anyway, i think its more a move to identify a job by what its wearing.

I wouldn't be totally surprised if they lock certain colours to certain jobs later on.

That is what Class specific gear is for. To define the aesthetic of a Job you make a set that can only be obtained by that job. That's why XI has Artifact Armour. That's why every other MMO has class quest armour. Coloring is a way for players to express themselves within the restrictions of the already heavy guidelines places on gear. A Mage is defined by wearing a Robe. In FF a black mage is defined by a Point hat and a White Mage is defined by a Flared clothing. Color has not determined the role of a Class in any game since video games stopped being made of Sprites.

This was simply a half-assed way to make it look like there was more gear variety, but all it does is gimp and put off players.