Quote Originally Posted by Roll View Post
Skill > Gear
Wow how generic. This is what people said when they were mad they couldn't get something someone else could.

If you have "skill" you shouldn't have an excuse to not have good equipment.

And how is the gear change debuff proof of anything? It's not like they're completely revamping the game or anything.

The bottom line is the game is easy and very simplified compared to XI. Even the "skillchains" do themselves. If they're trying to, as they've said so many times recently, "encourage skillful play", then gear change macros is one way to do it.

As for materia, I really don't see how putting a crystal in your weapon to give it Attack +1 is going to make actually fighting something any more complex. Materia will just be like normal gear: picked for general usefulness rather than situational.