Quote Originally Posted by ThePatriarch View Post
We should never need to swap gear. One set of gear should serve every possible purpose, regardless of enemy type, elemental resistances, etc.
No. You choose a set of gear that best protects you from what you will be up against. No one is stopping you from having multiple sets of gear. But that is a choice you should have to make before going into a dungeon. In other words, ppl are saying that everyone should have the responsbility and wearing the right gear to the right dungeon, to the right boss. There is just no logical reason to switch mid-fight except for the fact that someone didn't wear the right gear for the right fight.

When you go out to battle you bring everything you need. Before the fighting starts you pick out a set of armor, a weapon, and use those in battle. You dont get to switch in the middle. You brought a bullet proof vest to a sword fight? Tough. Wore football pads to a gun match? Oh well. Part of your job is bringing the right gear to battle, and balancing that gear around every possibility within a certain fight. If I'm going up against a boss who likes to spam high dmg aoes, I will bring hp gear. If I know a boss is weak to a certain element, i will bring gear that boosts elemental attack.

If a certain fight is mp heavy, I bring mp gear/ethers. You should have this prepared beforehand, and should put it on before combat. Thats your responsibility as a good player.