Quote Originally Posted by Sylari View Post
And if they were really worried about not wanting extra pieces of gear they'd just put Int and Mnd on every book (they already do this for a lot of mid level items and a few i70 pieces. The second mainstat is unbugeted). It's still a design choice.
Quite the opposite; that's done for balance reasons. If you had unified caster and healer gear, then your average BLM would Physick for 800. This is avoided by limiting access to MND. Unified pieces are limited to low-stat accessories 20 item levels behind.