Quote Originally Posted by Skivvy View Post
Now, can that system actually be coded into XIV? Who knows.
My only question at that point is less "can it be coded into XIV" and more "what would it break".

Because theoretically you can add this into the game, it's really not rocket science. At least, not in comparison to several other things people want. But several features also looked simple enough, but then they broke something along the line.

Maybe the lock in FF14 is in how gear is designed? Like, originally it was all designed with a lock as a property and now changing it might cause awkward issues that the dev team doesn't want to deal with?

Square had to duplicate items just to make them available for everyone. Not just gear, even, actual customization options needed a whole new body part to fit (Hyurs with their SHB beard). So maybe something about how the game is designed is being an obstacle. And I know what people can say: "Third party tools do this", but they bypass certain things that Square likely knows they themselves can't bypass without causing issues? So... maybe that's why?