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

[Arcell]

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.

Glad to hear it. Simply the concept of changing clothes mid-battle is pretty stupid IMO. I could understand making different sets of armor for different builds, specializations or roles within a job but not how it was (from my understanding) in XI.

From what I understand in XI there was gear optimized for just a specific action and you would use it for that and then switch over to something else. That I feel is pretty stupid. I can't cast Fire until I'm wearing my special pants, they make it burn harder. Imagine how cumbersome that would be in this game, especially with how the macro system for gear swapping currently does one item at a time in sequence. Even with auto-attack the battle system is much faster than that.

Again making different set for different builds, specializations or roles within a job would be fine. Like say having a build that is suited to Fire or Aero specifically for Black Mage, that would be fine as it would allow you to have very specific gear. This would make you feel and look unique from other Black Mages and it would offer you a degree of customization. However it would also eliminate the need to switch gear for every single action or spell.

I feel this would be a decent compromise. People get to search around for their optimal build gear without having just 1 set being the best for the job.