Should gear dropped in dungeons be given bonuses for completing the set?

[Mysteltain]

For how much time it can take to gather each piece of a complete set (such as the Acolyte or Cavalry set), do you think that each piece should offer a bonus if you complete the set? As it is right now, I love completing these sets, and, for at least a few levels, they're better than the normal gear you can buy from a vendor. But often by the time I or anyone else do finish collecting them, they've often lost their edge over vendor--and especially GC--gear. So I'm thinking they should include a set bonus that acts as an incentive to keep wearing them, besides the fact that they tend to look nicer than the standard gear we can buy.

I'm not talking about a straight up stat boost, either, but more along the lines of giving each class that the set is meant to be worn by a unique, specific trait. Something along the lines of this:

Acolyte Set
THM- Every time Fire1 hits a monster, there's a 10% chance for Fire2 to have no cast time and cost no MP

CNJ- Every cast of Cure1 has a 20% chance to double its potency, and remove a negative status effect on the target

ACN- Every time Miasma deals damage to an enemy, there's a 5% chance that Energy Drain can be used without consuming an Aetherflow

Those are just examples that I threw together in about a minute, but you get the idea. I'd also go against adding these bonuses to crafted pieces if only because you can meld materia onto them. This way if you want to go for the best stats, you can use the crafted armor, but if you want a unique trait, you can use the dungeon gear.

[Dhex]

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Much like certain pieces of gear (AF) in 1.0 increased certain attributes related to that specific Job.

I think a Set Bonus - done properly would be nice, but it should also be present on crafted gear so as to not further undervalue crafted gear.

[moody]

No, but not because the idea itself is bad. I just don't want to see the effect it would have on the game with my impression of the community. I foresee this sort of thing on starting dungeons:

WHM: Everyone ready to go?
DPS1: Ready!
DPS2: Ready!
Tank: I'm only going if everyone agrees that any drops for [non-tank set] go to me. I'm just doing these runs to collect them for my other class. Otherwise, I drop now and good luck getting a replacement.


or shout:
LF healer for [dungeon].
WHM here, I'll go on agreement that all drops for [non-healer set] go to me. Just working on collecting gear for another class.

Edit: I hate that I actually feel that way about the community right now and I really hope things improve.

[Hik0]

No, but not because the idea itself is bad. I just don't want to see the effect it would have on the game with my impression of the community. I foresee this sort of thing on starting dungeons:

WHM: Everyone ready to go?
DPS1: Ready!
DPS2: Ready!
Tank: I'm only going if everyone agrees that any drops for [non-tank set] go to me. I'm just doing these runs to collect them for my other class. Otherwise, I drop now and good luck getting a replacement.


or shout:
LF healer for [dungeon].
WHM here, I'll go on agreement that all drops for [non-healer set] go to me. Just working on collecting gear for another class.

Edit: I hate that I actually feel that way about the community right now and I really hope things improve.

get 3friends and run with em!

[Zaels]

No, but not because the idea itself is bad. I just don't want to see the effect it would have on the game with my impression of the community. I foresee this sort of thing on starting dungeons:

WHM: Everyone ready to go?
DPS1: Ready!
DPS2: Ready!
Tank: I'm only going if everyone agrees that any drops for [non-tank set] go to me. I'm just doing these runs to collect them for my other class. Otherwise, I drop now and good luck getting a replacement.


or shout:
LF healer for [dungeon].
WHM here, I'll go on agreement that all drops for [non-healer set] go to me. Just working on collecting gear for another class.

Edit: I hate that I actually feel that way about the community right now and I really hope things improve.

If someone said that to me, I'd loot it anyway and let them leave.

[Tupsi]

Moody - People already do that, you have level 50 wars going into places like Halatali and the like to need on gear for seals even though people doing it can actually use the gear, so it wouldn't be any worse.

[Kaladin240]

As long as the bonuses were balanced, this would not affect my ability to enjoy the game one way or the other. Getting them balanced however is a very difficult task indeed.

Not that the game is balanced as it is right now.

[Elurra]

There could be set bonuses on everything, just like there is on GC gear.

[Ri_ri]

And it should be much better than currency (currently DL) gear.

[Iryu]

I've always hated set bonuses. It makes gear really annoying to mix-match, and everyone ends up looking the same. Plus the greyed-out text on the gear makes me OCD when I don't wear the full set.

1.0 was the best when everyone could wear anything. I could equip leather on my WHM and be somewhat tanky while sacrificing mage stats.