Legitimate reasons why many of you do NOT like Gear Swapping

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I think that the difference in a gear swap system like xi's and other mmo's vs the system we have currently is that the current gear system is gear that is more powerful and therefore worth wearing all the time, wheras in a gear swap system the gear is less powerful but each piece has a different specific purpose. With matera, you can futher boost gear so that there is no reason to take it off at all.

Gear swapping is just a dumb concept. I don't think I have seen a movie or comic book chracter, about to deliver a devastating punch to the bad guy, stop, change his gloves to ones with spiked knuckles, deliver said punch, then put back on his original gloves.

Not to mention the current speed at which gear can be changed would not be practical in combat anyway. Most of the time my gear macros for changing classes have to be hit two or three times to get all of the gear on, due to lag.

edit: I also can't understand why people would think of gear swapping as a selleable game mechanic. It has always seemed like something players want to do as a result of bad gear design by developers, bug exploit, or other unintended use of a system. I have never thoiught "oh man, that game has gear swapping, gottabuyit!!!"

As long as the gear id designed well, and as long as the combat system is interesting enough on its own (and the game doesn't have an exploitable equipment system that allows players to change equipment in battle) then no one will need or want to swap gear.