Quote Originally Posted by Betelgeuzah View Post
Like it or not, color defines classes as much as gear model does. Paladin has white armor. Red mage has red armor. Black mage has black armor. Dragoon has purple-ish armor. The color most certainly is a significant factor of defining- and distinguishing a class or a job.
There is the problem. You can argue that yes, color should define the class, therefore adding the proper stats to make it a tank, DD, Healer or that it shouldn't. Perhaps have a poll to see where most people stand on this issue. But from reading this thread people are not liking that restriction, regardless of what they asked for in the past (must be human nature to ask for something and not like it).

I'll bring up the system used in Aion as a suggestion for the direction of this issue (I know this game isn't Aion and im not trying to makit it)

In that game you can change the actual model of the gear you are wearing to look like that of something you want to wear. For example, if you are wearing all tanking gear with tanking stats, but you like the way a piece of gear looks that has no stats, or stats for different roles, you take both pieces to an NPC and have him change the gear you will use into the piece you like. Doing this destroys the model gear. You keep all of your stats just on a different model. When you dye your gear it only changes the color or it.

I know that there are people who like having the color of the gear define the class but whether that is the majority or not I do not know. Ultimately I don't why they can't simply rework the system by allowing color to be just that, color. As far as stat customizing enchantments or runes can be added.

It's a fantasy game dude. Those are magical dyes. But if they made them look like runes then suddenly, it all makes sense! Even though runes are just black paint on a piece of gear. That shouldn't make it functionally better! But it's a fantasy game, so it does.
Yes I know this is a fantasy game, but in trying to accommodate to both players that want color freedom and those that want more stat customization, enchantments or runes are the best option as neither of the two are really visible, and from what I have read that is the real argument here.