Allowing Gear Change in Active Mode

[Pim-ptarutaruOdin]

you can gear swap on bard. just have to do it in passive mode. same on my blm. only way u can gear swap is in passive mode

[Pim-ptarutaruOdin]

you know over half the people that plays this game dont post or even have there name started on these fourums right? so you cant say the majority of the people agee. in the fourums its usually the same idiots that post the same crap over and over, and think there always right. i think gear swap is fine. you may not like that but that is my opinion. if you dont like it thats fine its your opinion. but dont act like you know what the majority of the people are thinking.

[Oblitae]

There's no point of even bawwing about gear swapping. It's clear everyone has their own opinions on it. Whist I disagree with the use of it other people will agree. SE are not going to look at this one post and decide the future of gear swapping to be implemented in XIV. As said above it's unfair to propose something that not everyone is happy with; and there is a fair deal of argument going on here.

[Wolfie]

If it really was an abuse of game mechanics, then why did the dev team exacerbate the issue even more by releasing gear sets no one would ever wear otherwise due to their counterintuitive stats (Hecatomb being a prime example)?

Because they gave up on changing it. They couldn't take it out because the backlash from the community would ruin everything.

[Molly_Millions]

There's no point of even bawwing about gear swapping. It's clear everyone has their own opinions on it. Whist I disagree with the use of it other people will agree. SE are not going to look at this one post and decide the future of gear swapping to be implemented in XIV. As said above it's unfair to propose something that not everyone is happy with; and there is a fair deal of argument going on here.

But people in here are failing to pay attention to the fact that SE already has said gear swapping is not gonna be in this game. I don't even know why this thread is still being bumped.

[Wynn]

Because they gave up on changing it. They couldn't take it out because the backlash from the community would ruin everything.

^This.

The effort it would have taken to remove gear swapping once they realized people were doing it would have been far too much to do. Instead they just went with it. Obviously, they kicked themselves for making that decision because they intentionally built this game to prevent gear swapping and there was an official communication at some point that flat out stated gear swap will not be a "feature" in XIV.

Gear swap is a nightmare on player inventories.

It is a cheesy way to min/max on the fly and adds absolutely nothing to the enjoyment of the game for regular, non-hardcore gamers. (read: the vast majority of players)

It is also would be a nightmare for the developers to have to take into account when creating future content.

[Isaveron]

Sure, but only if it activates a lengthy global cooldown or resets your tp and mp to 0. There has to be some downside to it.

[Firon]

Someone call the Waaaaambulance... And the Immersion Police.

First off the comparison between FFXI and FFXIV being used as a validation factor of a game mechanic (gear swapping) contradicts two things:

1) Pretty much the same ppl bitching that XIV shouldn't gear swap because XI did it as a "proven abuse of a game mechanic" are the same people bitching in other threads that the two games shouldn't be used as a comparison of the other because they're entirely different game (XI being a decade old with "horribly antiquated" design"). Hmm hypocritical much?

2) it's being stated that SE has "pretty much guaranteed Gear Swapping will NOT be in FFXIV". Umm nahh, youre "pretty much" all assuming that. We all know the thing about assumptions right? We should because I see plenty of posters on this forum berating other posters for simply assuming things. Funny that its the same names nearly every time too. Hmm hypocritical much... once again.

About FFXI Gear Swapping. Having played XI 7+ years, myself AND my many ls mates watched SE pump out Gear Swap armors, weapons, and accessories continuously. So if Gear Swapping was "the abuse of an unintended game mechanic" and it "ruined game immersion" and was "only supported by cultists epeen players" then why did SE continue to release and still do release pieces specifically implemented for gear swap? Because they were "worried about the playerbase backlash"? Really? The same company that banned millions of accounts over Salvage Dupes, which is also "abuse of a unintended game mechanic"? The same DevTeam that had little to no community presence nor did they care show they cared to have any?

There's a lot of melodramatic BS claims being made in this thread when it all really boils down to:

- Ppl hate Gear Swaps because they were either too lazy to devote the time to farming the pieces or were scared of them because they never really made it deep into End Game status.

I NEVER have EVER heard anyone bitch about Gear Swaps until I read this thread. This was really a surprise to me to see all you self proclaimed FFXI VETS bitching about Gear Swaps. In the ACTUAL FFXI End Game scene we didnt bitch about Gear Swaps. Why? Because we loved the fact that it was just one more visual piece of evidence that WE understood and devoted a great deal of time to fully understanding the game and its finer moments/concepts of play.

Of course those of you that oppose Gear Swaps are going to be butthurt at what I write. You're also going to lash out at me with unneeded animosity. But I could seriously care less. Its no more than what you deserve for camping this thread with absurd claims of the "right and wrong way" to develop games when the majority of you wouldnt be wasting your time in FFXIV if you were a game developer/producer, you would be working on your own projects in hopes of being "the next better than FFXIV/FFXI MMO".

Anyway have fun. Sorry to interrupt your drama llama parade. You may continue now :3

as someone stated Gear swapping was not intended in XI but since it went on so long with out them changing it, they based the game around it. This is has been said multiple times.

[Xquiel]

No thanks, that was the dumbest part of FFXI.

^this, please don't allow that feature, it's ridiculous to change gear in the middle of a battle

[Wynn]

2) it's being stated that SE has "pretty much guaranteed Gear Swapping will NOT be in FFXIV". Umm nahh, youre "pretty much" all assuming that. We all know the thing about assumptions right? We should because I see plenty of posters on this forum berating other posters for simply assuming things. Funny that its the same names nearly every time too. Hmm hypocritical much... once again.

No. You're wrong. It was implicitly stated. No, I am not going to search for a quote. You're just going to have to trust me on that one. And if you don't...well I don't care.


P.S. You have a bad attitude problem.