Famitsu interview confirm RDM use INT and share casting gear/SAM share striking gear!

[Alistaire]

that's disappointing if true. redmages in robes will not look right.

It's worse for SAM and MNKs, being the first melees to have to share.

[Kuroneko_Jutah]

It's worse for SAM and MNKs, being the first melees to have to share.

But that's wrong. Ninja and Monk were the first to share, even if they introduced Scouting gear almost immediately afterward. You still needed to share striking gear up to Ironworks/Demon/Dreadwyrm.

[Alistaire]

But that's wrong. Ninja and Monk were the first to share, even if they introduced Scouting gear almost immediately afterward. You still needed to share striking gear up to Ironworks/Demon/Dreadwyrm.

No. NIN/MNK shared gear only up to 110 when the only current stuff you'd be lotting against other people was 130. And scouting gear wasn't "almost immediately afterward". It was same day.

patch 2.4 notes: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...18d0d45bf52d59

At no point did NIN and MNK share gear that was current.

This is the first situation where a raid group with a MNK will not want a SAM and vice versa. Same goes for casters but you generally don't see raid groups seek out 2 casters, whereas melee generally occupy 2 spots out of 8.