Allowing Gear Change in Active Mode

[Denmark]

I fail to see how gear swapping blocks you from combos and being active during battle. The server latency is crap i'll give you that, and i'll even give you that in the current state of the game gear swapping mid fight wouldn't work. When 2.0 rolls around though these problems are supposed to be fixed and a non issue, so whats wrong with swapping gear for actions in that situation?

[Arcell]

I fail to see how gear swapping blocks you from combos and being active during battle. The server latency is crap i'll give you that, and i'll even give you that in the current state of the game gear swapping mid fight wouldn't work. When 2.0 rolls around though these problems are supposed to be fixed and a non issue, so whats wrong with swapping gear for actions in that situation?

It doesn't stop you from using combos but it's just another action you have to worry about that can hold you up for even a split second too long for some things. I mean getting off buffs for parts of combos or even between combos can be tricky while also worrying about the proper positioning for them. Adding another action just for switching gear into that mix doesn't mesh well with the gameplay as it stands. Not to mention it's another action that could hold you in place for just a split second too long in a position heavy fight that could get you killed.

I just think the gameplay has enough going on currently that adding gear swapping wouldn't help anything, it would make add needless complexity. As it stands the game is built around choosing a set of gear and going into battle with that. To really make any kind of decent use out of something like gear swapping the game should be built around it as a mechanic that is intended for use. As the devs have stated, this is not their intention and they do not plan to make FFXIV into that kind of game.