So I just ran into this issue again:


It just made me remember how this has actually been something I've been desperately wishing to be changed. I want to be able to buy duplicate armor pieces! For a game that encourages you to level up every job and makes catch-up patches to gear up alts, the fact that we still can't buy duplicate armor pieces in Stormblood is just embarrassing..

The story behind the pic is that my BRD is still wearing those i340 gloves currently from when I left before. I went to go try and buy the gloves for my MCH as shown in the pic, forgetting about this system for that moment and that's what I got. Why not wear my the ones my BRD uses? The Bard's gloves have Skill Speed VI in them which isn't useful for MCH. Having those gloves would've been the perfect upgrade from the Genta gloves it currently has on them but nope I'm screwed. My MCH also can't wear anything else my BRD has because they have different melds I want for them. This leaves me stuck so I just say screw it and fine the best weaker piece I can find.

For dungeons and raids, simply make it where people who already own a piece that drops from a raid, dungeon, or 24man are not given the option to Need, only Greed or Pass. Just.. anything to fix this. We absolutely should have the freedom to buy duplicate pieces of gear just for customization's sake alone. And not only that, but hey, we'd be able to desynth a lot better.

Please SE.