FFXI's gear swap was like having extra skills.

[Onidemon]

Funny how some people whine about jumping somehow ruining their immersion, but blinking and instantly swapping gear every few seconds doesn't. I wish they'd admit they just want the game more like XI.

Well said.

[syntaxlies]

gear swaps is a terrible game mechanic. It may have made ff11's slow paced battle system more interesting but id like 14 to focus on things that have more imagination then simply switching your gear for every skill.

[ninesunz]

I would say yes only if they are able to get rid of the blink redraw.

but it is pretty annoying getting gear for everything...=/

[ApplePie]

I like gear swap.

[Anima]

I don't want gear swaps in XIV, who the hell changes clothes/pants while fighting a ferocious, humongous, and massive monsters anyway?

[SniperRifle]

Nvm. 10/ch..

[Corrderio]

Dear f*cking lord no to gear swaps. I don't want to carry god knows how many sets of gear for one class because of that piece of sh*t system.

[mmccoy]

No, F'n way. I'm tired of this backwards thinking way stuck in the mindset of everyone. That's just dumb. Boo for that and boo for anyone who supports that idea.

[Dargoth_Draconia]

Wanted more tp? switch to haste/tp gear set, wanted this weapon skill to do more dmg? Switch to the set you had for that, etc, etc. That is one of the things FFXIV is missing. Gear that makes a difference and quick gear swaps like FFXI had. Materia should have been limited to a set number and kept there instead of this testing your luck to mod 3-4 materia into gear making things you had to work for useless. Basically the rich become the strongest and dungeons? what about them? why do them when you can meld HQ gear to be the best thing in the game period?

Having the swap gear during battle was the most unnatural, un-fantasy, retarded crap I have ever seen in a video game. Sure it had it's uses but having to swap whilst fighting was stupid, there is no if, and or but about that either. BTW I have several people in my LS who haven't even leveled a crafting class and started 1.19 with less than 5 million gil who have some of the best socketed gear on the server. They are not rich, they went out and turned gear into materia and got lucky drop from Materializing an item and got lucky getting those said items double or triple socketed. So I apologize if this post seems like some sort of attack but it is just someone saying you don't need any of the crap you mentioned to be the best. Where there is a will there is always a way.

[BlaiseLallaise]

Personally, I refused to gear swap in FFXI out of protest over a ridiculous notion. I never liked the idea, and I continue to not like it. In fact, my gear goal in FFXI was to build one well-rounded set for my job/role. Another fact: nobody ever gave me grief about it. Yes, I did spend at least a couple years in end-game.