Legitimate reasons why many of you do NOT like Gear Swapping

[illriginalized]

Because they are so good at forseeing the multiple delays taked on to patch 1.21 maint... or forseeing the Ul'dah Inn still not working...

Word. With SE, take their words with a grain of salt. Hell it's beyond that, I don't even like to read about upcoming patch notes because:

A. They come late

B. Something always breaks

Their track record proves repeatedly that nothing is written in stone.

And no, I don't believe you're playing PLD right. But that's a discussion for another topic.

roflmao

Using a program someone else created to max the effectiveness of macro templates that other people created so you can brag about dealing 250-300 extra damage over the course of a 20 minute fight is brain power now?

By the way, this is a great argument for why gear swapping will never be added. The fact that you think parsing gives you the privilege, nay THE GOD GIVEN RIGHT to snub your nose at everyone who doesn't do it is exactly what give gear swapping a bad name and makes people call you an elitist.

lol you're pathetic. Your assumptions fail. I've said it before.. I'm humble. I don't give a flying mofo if you don't gear swap. It's all about me putting out DPS and surviving AND being a team player and making it easier on my healers by ME not being some sort of MP drain.. the best way to hit that head on, is having varying stats on the fly by MY command during any battle.

You don't want to gear swap? Cool.. I don't care. You have the best of the best armor all HQ armor at that? Cool... I don't care.

So don't confuse me with those people.. I'm competitive with myself, not with other people in FFXIV nor was I ever in FFXI. Now if PvP existed... you can cry all you want about gear swapping. Gear or just stat swapping in general is beneficial for all players against enemies.

[Scotchio]

I personally didn't like gear swapping much. Mainly due to the blinking and losing target.

But I thought a good way of keeping some of the swapping stats element could be done by introducing something like a "Shifting Materia".

Where a single piece of materia could have shifting stats, for example, one could have "+10 crit, -10acc <--> +10 acc, -10 crit", or
"+20 Fire M Att, -20 Ice def <--> +20 Ice M Att, -20 Fire def".

The materia could be activated just like an equipped action. Then by equpping the right materia to your gear you can switch between them as the situation requires.

[StateAlchemist]

This is a prime example of how to defensive some people can be. My post was mocking the "It breaks my immersion" kick everyone was on when Goobbue mounts, a Jump function, colored gear, etc. were all being introduced or discussed.

And no, I don't believe you're playing PLD right. But that's a discussion for another topic.

This is a prime example of how people can't tell when someone is being sarcastic. My post was mocking the "Don't like it, don't do it" response that almost always comes right after the atypical "I don't have a good reason why it shouldn't happen, just that I don't like it." post. I knew you were mocking it. But it's ok.

[StateAlchemist]

I personally didn't like gear swapping much. Mainly due to the blinking and losing target.

But I thought a good way of keeping some of the swapping stats element could be done by introducing something like a "Shifting Materia".

Where a single piece of materia could have shifting stats, for example, one could have "+10 crit, -10acc <--> +10 acc, -10 crit", or
"+20 Fire M Att, -20 Ice def <--> +20 Ice M Att, -20 Fire def".

The materia could be activated just like an equipped action. Then by equpping the right materia to your gear you can switch between them as the situation requires.

Limited by a timer that could be pretty cool. Neat idea. I especially like how you sacrifice something for the boost. Makes the "gear-swap" so-to-speak more "balanced"... kind-of. :s

[Morningstar]

I don't like gear swapping because it creates homogeneity among players. I would like to see players who choose gear sets that best fit their play style or decide what they believe is the optimal build for a specific fight before entering. Players should have to weigh the pros and cons for choosing their gear for encounters.

With gear swapping players collect every piece of gear they can and will swap pieces in and out receiving all of it's stats even if they were only wearing the gear for a few seconds. There is no longer any thought about what gear they will bring to an encounter because they can wear all of the gear that they can carry and write macros for.

[Kiroh]

I personally didn't like gear swapping much. Mainly due to the blinking and losing target.

But I thought a good way of keeping some of the swapping stats element could be done by introducing something like a "Shifting Materia".

Where a single piece of materia could have shifting stats, for example, one could have "+10 crit, -10acc <--> +10 acc, -10 crit", or
"+20 Fire M Att, -20 Ice def <--> +20 Ice M Att, -20 Fire def".

The materia could be activated just like an equipped action. Then by equpping the right materia to your gear you can switch between them as the situation requires.

It's...highly unlikely that people would risk attaching a second materia to a piece of gear to switch during battle that had no effect otherwise, and anything that involves removing the risk of attaching materia is never going to happen.

It's a novel idea, because it still keeps the essence of the materia system (crafters would still attach it) but it's impractical and highly unlikely to be implemented.

[Kiroh]

No, you would be a douchebag when/if you decide that you're so awesome you have the right to tell other people how much they suck and how you're so much better than them.

Being a better player doesn't make you elitist, being a self-righteous asshole does.

lol.. no. Just no.

Do you parse? If not... then don't comment on the differences between DPS, HPS, damage taken, crit rates etc.. because that's just a waste of a post.

Well then that went over your head. If you don't parse you don't see the huge differences in gear swapping.

It's like teaching someone stocks.. you don't put all your eggs in one basket, you spread it around to maximize returns and have a lesser chance of failure.

But haaaaiiiii I guess that's just too much brain power for many of us

lol you're pathetic. Your assumptions fail...

Welcome to being a posterboy for why people hate min/maxers and a shining example of why SE should never add mid-battle gear swaps to the game.

[illriginalized]

Welcome to being a posterboy for why people hate min/maxers and a shining example of why SE should never add mid-battle gear swaps to the game.

So people hate maximum efficiency.

[StateAlchemist]

Being an elitist doesn't make you a self-righteous asshole. Being a self-righteous asshole does. Stop putting every elitist into some "your a fing douche" category. I consider myself an elitist. I do not however care whether or not someone has good gear or not. Only that I do. And I certainly don't try to rub it in thier face. "ohoho i did 1 more damage then you.. hahaha l2p fing noob!" Really...? I don't understand how someone can act like that... elitist or not.

[Kiroh]

So people hate maximum efficiency.

People hate assholes who treat everyone that doesn't parse like they're garbage.