Quote Originally Posted by Vexander View Post
Samurai will probably share gear with monk. I would say most sets aren't designed to the class, but to the place they're acquired, or the theme. Look at the Lore Tome gear, the Eikon sets. All healers had Shiva gear. You didn't see Shiva Gear for WHM, then one for SCH, then one for AST, even though all three have very different aesthetics.
DRG gear have more the armored style, while MNK gear is more styled around mobility. SAM will be like DRG a def melee.
For healer there are not different styles like with the melee gears. All healers share the same def, the same mdef and the same main stat, so they don't need different gears.