If it is not broken, DO NO FIX IT!

[Vanguard319]

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I love the armory system. It's one of the few redeeming qualities the game has at the moment.

I agree with you there, I've begun wearing an Iron Haubergeon on my 37 arc for parties, and even though my defense is higher with a scouting jacket, in a party, I can wear the hauby and get a nice little str boost that I otherwise wouldn't have access to. The loss in defense is irrelevant since I am not soloing, and can devote more gear to damage dealing and/or crowd control.

I have had no big problems with setting attributes, my stats lean a bit toward the physical side, but I still have fairly high magic stats as well. I also have all the tier one attrubute traits, and can tweak my stats higher or lower depending on the job I'm playing at the time. I think the people who are complaining are the ones who squandered thier points in one or two attributes in the name of being an uber mage or tank, but fail to realize that every job uses every stat to some degree.

I have no objection to giving jobs more exclusive abilities that give them a niche to fill in party play, just as long as the ability to play solo isn't ruined. This has been the first MMO I've played where solo play is possible with any job, and I remember leveling some jobs in ffxi that were not in high demand for parties, but were not suitable for soloing, (pre-SATA thf for example) and sitting in Jeuno or Whitegate for 3-4 hours waiting for a party invite was never fun.

[Vanguard319]

Actually, Red Mage could wear more than leather armor, they COULD wear scale mail, equip up to kite shields, and the AF armor had plate pauldrons, bracers, and greaves, even if they were not described as such, and Blue Mage could wear similar armor sets. So ffxi actually had TWO mage jobs that could wear up to medium weight armor. Even in Lord of the Rings, Sauron was depicted as wearing full-plate armor, despite being a sorcerer and "Necromacer", and I don't think I need to describe the Witch-king. So there are a few precedents where mages can wear armor heavier than simple robes.

[EliseDee]

Not to mention when it comes to the pvp scenario, its going to be amazing, the sort of different builds people have and using different stats and gear to supplement those builds its going to be amazing. I truly think so and this is why I love the system the way it is the most. Because you can have two people with the same class play it completely differently then each other and get completely different outcomes. People that concentrate more on DMG with PUG for example are going to have more buffs based on attack up ect...its going to be nice. I CANT WAIT to see how this goes, but knowing SE it will go someplace nice and thus far they have listened to the voice of their users. Hopefully this is one that is loud enough because as much as change is good, some things should just be worked differently as opposed to being removed.