Is it better to start a new character or just simply change classes?

[KilimYolo]

Question - is there any easy way of switching gear?
for example when i started learning crafting (yesterday) my char turned necked... good thing i had lvl 1 gear left (looks just too good to sell... (hides)). Never new that i will need all that junk so i sold some of it...
So after that i had to search items 1 by 1... :/
Now i can imagine when my BLM will be lvl 50 and Summoner lvl 35, its gona be fun switching between those classes with 1 million clothes...

[Chrallmal]

Question - is there any easy way of switching gear?

On your character sheet (C on the keyboard. No idea what it is on PS4), you should see an icon above your character's portrait. I think it's the one that looks like a piece of paper with lines on it. Don't quote me on that one. This will bring up your gear set list. It's a way to save equipment loadouts for fast loading and switching between classes/jobs, or even different sets of equipment within the same job. I do believe there is a limit to how many slots you can have, but you get at least one slot per class/job you have unlocked.

On the Gear Set list menu, you click the plus symbol to create a new loadout. Now, whenever you want to switch to it, you simply highlight your saved loadout from the menu and click the equip button. You can even make a hotbar icon for it so you don't even have to fumble with menus.

Granted, when you first unlock a new class/job, you're going to start naked unless you were already wearing level 1 equipment in a given slot. Example: A level 1 ACN won't be able to wear level 10 gear that a BLM was using until they get to level 10 or higher as well. Because you can level all classes on the same character, old equipment may always find another use on another class. It's often wise to stow away lower level equipment if you have plans to level another class that could use it. BLM, ACN, CNJ, and AST will find good mileage out of a lot of the Level 1-50 gear. However, if you've already sold off a lot of gear, it's no sweat. You get plenty of money from the story and side quests to re-buy it. You also get plenty of gear flat-out from said quests.

In short, Gear Sets will save you time and frustration.

[KilimYolo]

Chrallmal, thank you