Quote Originally Posted by mysterytaru View Post
It's called 'goal-oriented content'. Another thing that was overwhelmingly voted for in the player polls. Also, as has been stated many times and ignored by you just as often, it makes the game and other content easier to balance and manage from a development standpoint.
Wow. If they have to resort to slapping restrictions on everything to create goals for people, they need to try harder. I don't mean this like "oh SE sucks" I mean this like "wearing gear isn't a worthwhile goal".

There are more important things you could be doing than fussing over gear which is basically all just the same anyway. Besides, I could have all R50s and completed every quest and beat every boss and still change weapons and end up naked.

As for the balance issue, I can put one materia on a robe and make it better than full plate so maybe "balance" isn't such a good soap box to use to convey your message.

Too bad. It's here and it's here to stay.
"too bad"

That's exactly right. It's just plain bad.