Will SUMMONER always share gear with BLM

[RegentP]

Do we consider all the other new classes/jobs will share some form like SMN/BLM do. For instants, Musketeer and Bard will share the same type of gear overlap.

[Syrellaris]

I hope not. It annoys me to great ends to share gear with a different class. It makes everyone look the same and is not very unique. I prefer each class to have its own unique gear set. In example

Arcanist / Scholar = Unique
Arcanist / Summoner = Unique

and of course the same for BLM, WHM, BARD etc.

[Alhanelem]

I hope not. It annoys me to great ends to share gear with a different class. It makes everyone look the same and is not very unique. I prefer each class to have its own unique gear set. In example

Arcanist / Scholar = Unique
Arcanist / Summoner = Unique

and of course the same for BLM, WHM, BARD etc.

This is why we have wonderful sets of armor colloquially known as "AF."

There will be both common sets and unique sets throughout the game's life. You may have to compete with people for the in-common drops, but the advantage is one drop works for both jobs. If the look bothers you, take advantage of the upcoming vanity system to wear the gear with the looks you want.

[JammerSidewinder]

On one hand I like it. It cuts down on the cost to gear all my classes. On the other hand, it can be annoying to think I'm queuing as the class I need to be for the gear I'm looking for and the other class that can get the drop is there too.

[Tupsi]

Yes they will because Yoshi feels it would stress the community if you have specialized stats for your job to gear for.

[yukikaze_yanagi]

Yes they will because Yoshi feels it would stress the community if you have specialized stats for your job to gear for.

sadly for you, there is no "specialized" stat between blm and smn, since they deal the same kind of damage. both need int to deal damage, vit, determination and spell speed. I don't think it will work wonder making gear with int-blm and int-smn because of fashion.
Special stat like "augment skill" have yet to be seen, but nothing prevent them to make the same equip with double effect like "on blm: this, on smn: that"

[Mailstrum]

well only DL and alagan does your AF2 is specific

[Syrellaris]

AF2 is just a different color of AF1, hardly unique. We also share CT gear so yeah.

[Stormfeather]

AND Vanya is the same as well... really, there's not a lot of feasible end-game equipment, and only one set of it is unique, which is just silly and annoying. (And even there the accessories are shared.)

[PArcher]

Crafted and dungeon gear is shared by roles (generally...)

Tanks share gear, Healers share gear, Casters share gear. They have the same primary and defense stats, so they can share dungeon loot. Yeah, BRD, DRG and MNK all have unique gear after a certain point (post-50 really, though there is some DRG/tank gear early on) but that's because they are different from each other (DRG and MNK may both be STR-based, but they have different defense needs. And BRD are the only DEX-users for now)

I do expect the Musketeer to be DEX-based and use the same dungeon gear as BRD, and classes to use MNK and DRG gear to be added eventually too (probably based off GLA and MAR though, rather than LNC and PLG)