The Mix and Match Club

[Akubikumo]

This is Final Fantasy! People go running through arctic mountains in short shorts and tank tops and get in swords fights underwater. Little kids in fur skirts fight Behemoths and win! Take down bosses with Hair Clips and Megaphones!(?). All absurd and all totally FF. I get it though, if you are in a party and keep dying cuz you're under-equipped thats just reckless, but I say if you can take down a mob wearing hot pants and tube-top, then go for it! Besides, I dont care what anyone says, I look damn GOOD in my full on navy coatee and bottoms with a big-ass spear.

[Akubikumo]

agree with you on that. not really a good look on the ladies. somehow both slutty and matronly

[charliesheen]

Nice post OP. I like your style. I would support such a system. As some other posters point out, other MMOs have had similar systems where your stat boosting gear is seperate from your fashion items. Ideally this would be the best system!

[Nabiri]

It's a good idea.
I also like to see mages in mage gear and warriors in heavier gear for immersion purposes, but people should be able to wear what they like. So.. It would be cool to see materia give stats to make some fashionable gear similar to other gear, but perhaps not "the same as."
I hope that made sense. XD

[Cairdeas]

I think the biggest benefit to this idea is the fact that it will make it so even if you have to have "This gear" because of its stats you don't have to have it for its looks. So we wont see everyone running around in Leaping boots and an Hauberk.

[SHJcules]

Putting a lil more thought into this, and staring at myself crafting, I realize I'd be 100% for this system if a simple restriction were put into place. That being; all equipment will be grouped into three families DoW/DoM/DoH. Swapping stats via materia (or something similar) is possible as long as the two pieces are in the same family.

This way the weirdest thing you would see is a GLA tanking in leather (and maybe some weird ARC looking gear), or a PUG dishing out pain in some Full Plate. That seems totally reasonable to me!

Also, I'd love it for crafting. I really dislike the smithing doublets, and I really prefer if I could metalwork optimally in the slimming cut off vests

I feel it's a fair compromise.

[Cairdeas]

Putting a lil more thought into this, and staring at myself crafting, I realize I'd be 100% for this system if a simple restriction were put into place. That being; all equipment will be grouped into three families DoW/DoM/DoH. Swapping stats via materia (or something similar) is possible as long as the two pieces are in the same family.

This way the weirdest thing you would see is a GLA tanking in leather (and maybe some weird ARC looking gear), or a PUG dishing out pain in some Full Plate. That seems totally reasonable to me!

Also, I'd love it for crafting. I really dislike the smithing doublets, and I really prefer if I could metalwork optimally in the slimming cut off vests

I feel it's a fair compromise.

I think that rule is too strict. As many items are never classified as only one of those such groups.

[Duelle]

I support this thread. I'm quite partial to thighboots and vambraces, so this would help me keep at least those.

[Cairdeas]

I support this thread. I'm quite partial to thighboots and vambraces, so this would help me keep at least those.

Thanks, I like the vambraces too. they looks rather cute.

[Akubikumo]

I think that rule is too strict.

Agreed! No more uniforms! Wear what you like!