I guess it's time

[Ceasaria]

I have some questions on how something like this could be useful for making items and the chase of them more interesting.

1) Would you envision them to be U/U or just untradable?
2) How are they acquired? Tomestones? Grinding easy content? Last stage of hardest raid? Complete multiple middle ground raids/EX content, etc?
3) Do you get all the spec points upon acquiring the item or do you unlock/gain them. If unlocked/gained, ideas on how?
4) Can you respec the item? If so, ideas on that please.
5) How to handle items like this when gear has a 6 month or less expiration date before it gets tossed in the trash?

I will add that I am really looking at this from the perspective of someone that loved this game and wants to continue loving it, but is having a hard time not being very disappointed with its current state at endgame.

Ok, this is how I will procede :

It will be introduce through a new type of quest which guide us near temples in Paglth'an where we learn the existence of parchments, a magic artifact which can reinforce any adventurers.

Once you have the parchment, you can learn the skill which is written on it and there is only one skill by parchment.
The parchments containing the most basic skills could be tradable on market, other will not (with that, the new players will not need to go to 4.0 to enjoy the system a bit).
There will be found in new type of shop where gils is necessary to buy them. Some could be buy with Tomestones.
Some could be obtain from quest like MSQ, Warrand Triad, Hildibrand (which could be funs skills like "if you are dress like Goldberg, your will gain a super skill attack for your goldsmith), special quest with a new type of raid related to parchments...this raid will not give gears but parchments and book to buy parchments, like the gears system for Alexander Savage.
The thing cool is, to be perfect with your job, you will need to do both raid if you want gears and parchments.

The last way is through gear. Many gear, not all, possess an unique and magic calligraphy. Its power could be reveal once you have completed trials, dungeons or raid (or Fates lol) which are indicated on the gear (maybe others things to do).
When you have acccomplished this task, you have to go to see the calligrapher. With the shining words (because of fights), he is able to see what is written and will put it on parchment.
Then, you know what to do : read the parchment and tadaaa. You've got your skill

As I said, not all gears will have this, just some...I want to say firstly the gears in dungeon because if it's not for the glamour, it is useless. So, there will have more gears in dungeons and the skills you will find on it will change. (SE need atleast to define which skills to put on gears with what are the things to do to unlock them). Some skills could be found easily in 50% of dungeons...but others maybe in just one dungeon...so let's farm