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

[ellohwell]

Artifact gear is to satisfy the latent cosplayer within 99% of the FF audience, and so that's why such gear should be reserved especially to remedy the lack of - what's that stupid terminology called again? - oh that's right "class distinctiveness".

That's basically the only valid reason (and i say the word "valid" with inverted commas) to undermine the optimal rank system, as outlined previously in my other posts (bulletpointed for your convenience).