Allowing Gear Change in Active Mode

[Nekirr]

Gear swapping adds a new dumb dynamic to the game that players must utilize to play the game.

Fixed it for you.

This makes no sense. Let's pick an event shall we. Let's say Ifrit: You are able to kill it now without gear swaps. If they added gear swaps, it would probably make it easier if people utilized it TO THEIR ADVANTAGE. But you would still be able to kill it without gear swaps. I'm not seeing your point on how you would NEED it to play the game.