Legitimate reasons why many of you do NOT like Gear Swapping

[JakeRoon]

I got a better idea!!!!

Armor Layering! Like Ambacrombie and Fintch....

Like you can wear THREE polo's at a time one for each stat you want to buff, then expose your baskeball shorts with Boxers all under a set of saggin jeans you see....each with their own stat buffs....

then we add the mount swapping,

the food swapping...

then we have layers and layers of armor we can swap

it's like swapping to the extreme man!!! It adds SO MUCH game excitement to the battle you can REALLY squeeze your all out of your avatar and jobs....

[Klive]

I got a better idea!!!!

Armor Layering! Like Ambacrombie and Fintch....

Like you can wear THREE polo's at a time one for each stat you want to buff, then expose your baskeball shorts with Boxers all under a set of saggin jeans you see....each with their own stat buffs....

then we add the mount swapping,

the food swapping...

then we have layers and layers of armor we can swap

it's like swapping to the extreme man!!! It adds SO MUCH game excitement to the battle you can REALLY squeeze your all out of your avatar and jobs....

You sir are a god among men, GENIUS!!

[illriginalized]

I got a better idea!!!!

Armor Layering! Like Ambacrombie and Fintch....

Like you can wear THREE polo's at a time one for each stat you want to buff, then expose your baskeball shorts with Boxers all under a set of saggin jeans you see....each with their own stat buffs....

then we add the mount swapping,

the food swapping...

then we have layers and layers of armor we can swap

it's like swapping to the extreme man!!! It adds SO MUCH game excitement to the battle you can REALLY squeeze your all out of your avatar and jobs....

I enjoyably laffed.

[illriginalized]

Shush you.

Or you can gtfo, fascist.

[Lux_Rayna]

Lmao fascist??? Bahahahahahahawahahahahyayaya

[SwordCoheir]

Mount swapping, it's like being a swinger only better!!!!

Yes lets build off that and be able to knock people off their mounts, steal them, and start our own rodeo!

[Sfarzoso]

Or you can gtfo, fascist.

That's like seeing a old WW2 movie where the Nazie says "Or, you can die."

[Hanemakikaze]

Or you can gtfo, fascist.

[Sfarzoso]

Cats are such awful people.

[StateAlchemist]

Right now the only way you can quickly modify your stats mid-combat IS by food swapping. The cool-down on consuming food is very short with the new effect immediately overriding the old effect. Unfortunately this is costly...but I suppose if absolutely needed you could alternate between Attack Magic Potency food and Magic Accuracy food depending on what your casting...etc...kinda sucks though that this is the only way to adaptively change statistics mid-battle.

I personally do some very minor gear-swaps already mid combat to get some small boosts for certain abilities/spells. It's not that it is necessarily needed, but I do like to try an optimize my performance as much as I can.

I can't recall exactly where I read it....I know it was some post I read recently...where someone mentioned (maybe it was a Paladin thread) adding in a stance ability for Paladin (similar to Cleric Stance) that allowed a Paladin to alternate between defensive and offensive stats... like a 25% increase in attack in exchange for a 25% decrease in defense. I know at least for Paladin this would kind of 'off-set' my desire for being able to gear-swap. (I don't actually play Paladin at all, but if I did...) I really am a fan of Cleric Stance for this reason. I don't much like healing, and playing CNJ with healing gear really sucks when you get in a situation where you really need some extra damage for whatever reason...Cleric Stance offers that quick solution without swapping gear.

Maybe viable gear-swapping doesn't need to be added, but having something in the game that allows for a change in a player's role mid-combat would be cool and allow for a more flexible combat style.