Quote Originally Posted by ty_taurus View Post
So why not free up all options all together. The entire moonward set is an homage to FFIV, offering equipment options for Cecil, Kain, Rydia, Edge, and Edward, but a DNC can wear Edward's armor, a WHM can wear Rydia's armor (in white), and a WAR can wear Cecil's armor. Cloud, Squall, Zidane, Firion, Tidus, Yuna, Lightning, Snow, Noctis, and even the FF1 Warrior of Light's armor is wearable by every job. Vaan, Balthier, Penelo, Basch, and Larsa's armor is wearable by multiple jobs as well. Fran's can be worn by any job as long as you're a female Viera.

There's no reason to continue holding old artifact gear hostage for shallow reasoning.
I see what your saying in the inconsistency, but I prefer job-specific gear that was released in that manner to stay that way. I always personally liked having some gear options that were a badge of honor for being dedicated to certain classes.

This may mean nothing to you, but it does to many. It's most likely why the devs made this reason to begin with.