I loved gear swaps in XI.

I'd like to point out like many others who /are/ for gear swapping other things such as macro latency / server lag need to be fixed.

Personally think it would be a great addition to the mannequin system.

That being said I'd like to point out:

Currently gear in this game (minus weapon base damage) gear really doesn't matter. Yes its helpful. But a great deal of damage in this game currently is personal player skill. Gear is there currently to help enhance that.