Required Class/Rank failed - Can we have Optimal Rank and Favoured Class back?

[ellohwell]

If you're getting a harsh penalty for wearing something far outside optimal range, and also a slight penalty for wearing something outside of favoured class, then I think that is balanced enough already just by having such penalties. Therefore, I think the dev's excuse that it is for balance reasons is just... well... a lie. If I may be so frank.

A mage can equip a 5-slotted materia piece which is better than every heavy plate armour, so how is letting the mage wear plate armour with a slight penalty imbalanced? Materia is ten times as imbalanced compared to the optimal/favoured system. And I don't see them removing that from the game.

Just because something is a legacy from the launch period, doesn't mean it's bad.