[ Dev's ] Gear Swaps Can I have It?

[Greed]

you don't change your weapon for ws in ffxi ( changing weapon = 0% tp )
only mage change their weapon for spell

in ffxi you have full dex/haste armor ( more hit = more tp )
than use macro to change your armor to full str for ws ( more powerful )

( yeah it was pain for the first time )

[Anty]

gear swapping was necessary but i didnt like that part of ffxi tbh. I think its better the way it is and so far... gear swap in party? with this slow system and lag? you will have the proper gear equipped 1 min AFTER the mob is dead....

They need to improve the system a lot to make the normal gear swap/class FAST not just faster.

They need to save the abilities on the action bar for each class the way people set it up. So we don't have to use macros for it. (only if we feel like so we have perhaps different macros for other camps, mobs or situations - but should be an option only)
Also the stats need to be saved to really feel the freedom of a job system. Resetting the stats slowly isnt fun at all.
Its a stupid timesink.

so far every change, if gear or ability takes ages and is no fun and unnecessary. Its so sad that its not fixed by now.
The game encourages (if not even forces) people to play many different jobs/classe BUT at the same time changing them is so slow, with a lot of useless interactions...

more of these slow actions? <<no thanks>>

[Greed]

gear swapping was necessary but i didnt like that part of ffxi tbh. I think its better the way it is and so far... gear swap in party? with this slow system and lag? you will have the proper gear equipped 1 min AFTER the mob is dead....

They need to improve the system a lot to make the normal gear swap/class FAST not just faster.

They need to save the abilities on the action bar for each class the way people set it up. So we don't have to use macros for it. (only if we feel like so we have perhaps different macros for other camps, mobs or situations - but should be an option only)
Also the stats need to be saved to really feel the freedom of a job system. Resetting the stats slowly isnt fun at all.
Its a stupid timesink.

so far every change, if gear or ability takes ages and is no fun and unnecessary. Its so sad that its not fixed by now.
The game encourages (if not even forces) people to play many different jobs/classe BUT at the same time changing them is so slow, with a lot of useless interactions...

more of these slow actions? <<no thanks>>

use macro
(less than 1 sec to change weapon )

[Ruri]

This is now a FF11 vs FF14 thread... again.

[Reinheart]

I had to make macro to switch my awesome subligar only gear, to fighting, sorcerer, gatherer gear because people couldn't focus... At least with macro I can go back to subligar only mode after every battle, makes me happy.

[Dranio]

I am against this. Hated gear swaps in XI, do not want them in XIV. Leave that specific feature out.

[Lenneth_Valkyrie]

No way..! It was one of the most terrible things to ever be in a MMORPG.. -.-

[Naylia]

Please don't do this...

[Demacia]

No thanks. I love FFXI but I don't want half my macros and all of my inventory space devoted to gear swapping.

[Embers]

For me in 11 gear swaping was a strugle because i had a very laggy pc, so fancy new pc for this game and gear/job swapping is still very slow because your macro only equips one item at a time (i'm sure this could be fixed with a little code'ng).
The reason gear switching worked in 11 is because the additional stats that came from equiping a specific staff for a specific spell meant something, they had a impact on the fight. Drk staff & sleep had a much greater chance of sleeping a mob and your party living than Light staff & sleep.
The reson it would make no difference in 14 at the momment is because stats dont have such an impact on the outcome of a spell. Also it is currently not possible to equip all elemental spell ( unless you wish to forgo other useful spells) due to the point/action bar restriction so you are able to limit one set of gear for your specialisation.
When we finaly have acess to all our spells will it not be beneficial to draw additional stats from our gear to enhance the spell we are casting at that time?