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

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Weeble actually just made one of the most valid points of this thread. Gear swaps are not bad or cumbersome, just the methods in which they are implemented.

Who here can argue against gear swapping or gear sets if it is made easy to implement? Who could possibly argue against having MORE gear to suit many differing roles with which to take on MORE content in fun and varying styles... how can that ever be a bad thing.

You might not realize it, but you're equivocating here. The "against gear swaps" camp is not complaining about the difficulty. Gear swapping was ridiculously easy in FFXI (if you used SpellCast or its equivalent), and, unless you were tanking and didn't want to blink out on the healers, there was no reason not to do it. That's not the point.

The "against" camp wants more gear.

The "against" camp wants more content.

The "against" camp does not want gear swapping in combat to become the norm like it was in FFXI.

I fear that you misunderstand the debate and encourage you to read the thread so you can understand the arguments of the "against" camp rather than make them into straw men. Here's a summary.