Quote Originally Posted by Nomad-phx View Post
Because whm/blm complained about having to farm 2 drops instead of 1 which was fixed until the Leviathan weapons dropped and whm had to gear like pld again.
They seem to have fixed that pretty well for PLD, though. Shields come as an 'extra' drop (ie you get 3 items from a chest instead of two), or cost less tokens, or things can be bought as a set now...

So that reason doesn't really hold up anymore.