Does anyone else always carry gear (tools,weapons,armor,food) for all classes?

[Hysterior]

I am not sure what is the issue guys...
I guess it will be a bit like macro now
If I have WHM and BLM and I want same belt for them, right now when I make a macro to change to BLM I don't need to add the belt line in macro because as long as the job is compatible, the belt is not removed from one job to the other
I guess it will be the same for the new gear set system. If you want an item to be in 2 places then just equip it and do not put anything in the belt slot of the "gear set" and it should go from one set to the other
just my 2 cents...

[Mikita]

I am not sure what is the issue guys...
I guess it will be a bit like macro now
If I have WHM and BLM and I want same belt for them, right now when I make a macro to change to BLM I don't need to add the belt line in macro because as long as the job is compatible, the belt is not removed from one job to the other
I guess it will be the same for the new gear set system. If you want an item to be in 2 places then just equip it and do not put anything in the belt slot of the "gear set" and it should go from one set to the other
just my 2 cents...

From the way Yoshi P described it, it's quite different.

Imagine you have one big cart that can hold 100 items, and 3 smaller buckets that can hold 12 or so items each.

You can say one of those smaller buckets is your Monk bucket and put your weapon, your armor, and accessories in there.

You then say the next bucket is your Bard bucket and put your bow, your armor... Oops!
One piece you want to use for Bard is already in my Monk bucket -- let's say it's a pair of Felt Bracers with +54 Attack Power.

You can now go get another one (as long as it's not unique), or you can move it from the Monk bucket to the Bard bucket... but that item cannot be in both buckets at the same time. So you decide to keep the Felt Bracers in the Monk bucket.

Now say you were crafting or doing something else and are invited into a party and are asked go as Bard so you put on items from your Bard bucket... but the Felt Bracers are in the Monk bucket. You will need to manually equip those now and every time you want to play Bard. Small inconvenience, but when repeated over and over, it will get annoying rather quickly.

That is how the new gear set system is set to work right now.


Yoshi P said that to be able to assign one piece of equipment to different Gear Sets would require them to create an alias to the item, rather than moving the actual item itself (as per the current system above).

But I think they need to spend a bit more time on figuring this out and making sure that it won't be frustrating to the players, otherwise we're going to have a lot "The UI is horrible 2.0" threads all over again.

[Hysterior]

From the way Yoshi P described it, it's quite different.

I see
but I guess they will figure out after Alpha/Beta there are easier system
+ the pick/drop item in inventory seems quite quick so I don't think it will be such of a hassle
but let's wait and see

[Mikita]

I see
but I guess they will figure out after Alpha/Beta there are easier system
+ the pick/drop item in inventory seems quite quick so I don't think it will be such of a hassle
but let's wait and see

Me too. I'm still hopeful they will come out with a finished system that is easy to understand and use... and lets us manage our inventories easily.

/pray