Required Class/Rank failed - Can we have Optimal Rank and Favoured Class back?

[ellohwell]

So can we have Optimal Rank and Favoured system back already?

Restricted Rank is just a nonsenseical response to complainers who wanted to lord their almighty R50 status over everyone else, despite the fact that you can be R50 in every class and still not be able to wear what you want under this new system. It didnt make the game better, it just made it worse.

People quote economy, balance, and goal-oriented gameplay as reasons for restrictive rank gear but all these reasons are pitiful attempts to rationalise an unreasonable and illogical system. After all:

-Economy is none the better for restrictive gear, and most likely it's worse because Im sure I buy less stuff now that I cant even wear it.
-Materia was supposed to stimulate the economy enough on its own, so why stimulate it twice anyway? Especially at the cost of ruining the game in other ways.
-Materia overshadows any imbalance caused by wearing something outside of favoured class
-Favoured class and optimal sysstem are self-balancing anyway
-Being able to wear specific gearsets is not even a worthy goal, annd not being able to wear them is a frustration. Overcoming a frustration is hardly the best way to go about implementing goals.

So in conclusion, just give us the old system back and reserve restrictions for R50 AF gear.