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

[Elkwood]

Spoke with Battle Master Matsui to get the lowdown on the whole gear swapping question that's got you all buzzin'. In regards to swapping gear while in battle, since changing certain gear while in battle will change your class in FFXIV, we're not planning to make it possible to swap gear in battle. This direction will not change in the future.

We are focusing instead on making adjustments with the battle-related fixes to ensure that you can battle to your utmost ability without having to rely on changing gear multiple times mid-fight.

Then Fire Matsui as well because you have now just confirmed for us that each patch or update will make the next one useless essentially killing the game similar to what you guys did with Abyssea in XI when you tossed 7 years of peoples lives down the toilet.

Swapping gear made each item a specialty item and kept people killing the same endgame mobs for years. It did not out date the content and allowed the game to progress to a point where there was actually almost to much to do on a weekly basis.

Since you have confirmed for us that the gear will last a year maybe two until the next level cap increase I would say you are taking the game in the direction of WOW and bowing to the masses. I guess the casual gamers have finally won, and those of us that enjoyed XI's very intricut systems with all its complexity and challenges probably wont be around for very much longer.