Allowing Gear Change in Active Mode

[NarikoStar]

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I felt it kept people staying around longer as well. It's easy for one to collect XXX set. But it could take ages to collect a great set up for Enhancing/Healing/MP recovery/MP regen/Regen/Enfeebling/Divine (I speak strickly healing for this example but I know BLMs had it crazy as well with all there zenith carrying around + staffs for HP drop for ring latent)

[Rydin]

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I felt it kept people staying around longer as well. It's easy for one to collect XXX set. But it could take ages to collect a great set up for Enhancing/Healing/MP recovery/MP regen/Regen/Enfeebling/Divine (I speak strickly healing for this example but I know BLMs had it crazy as well with all there zenith carrying around + staffs for HP drop for ring latent)

Couldn't you just make one well rounded set that took as much time as it took to collect all the sets put together?

[NarikoStar]

Couldn't you just make one well rounded set that took as much time as it took to collect all the sets put together?

It obviously could be done. It would be up to the devs to make the set.
But after seeing all the gear they've released this most recent patch (1.21) It really makes me wonder why gear swapping isn't available or if this is a pre-hint to it (yes I realize the post already made about X to gear swapping but that context to me seems it's in regards to its not allowed because then player's could be wacking away on WAR then switch to WHM while in active if there HP became low.)

I'd be interested to see a restatement if it still remains the same

[Nekirr]

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I felt it kept people staying around longer as well. It's easy for one to collect XXX set. But it could take ages to collect a great set up for Enhancing/Healing/MP recovery/MP regen/Regen/Enfeebling/Divine (I speak strickly healing since I played it the most I know BLMs had it crazy as well with all there zenith carrying around + staffs for HP drop for special ring.

A totally agree with this. I started playing this about a week and a half ago. I now have WAR50 with full AF. It seems like I am wearing everything that people that have been playing this game for a while now are wearing. I look through items and see like +enmity stuff, and think to myself that they would be great macro pieces for provoke etc, but then i quickly realize this game lacks that ability for players to adapt to different situations throughout a battle.