New set Gear

[Hammerhorn]

I hope in 4.0 we can start to see set gear, for example with 2 pieces u get a + 15 Str bonus 3 pieces extra Vit , 4 pieces Your combo gets a extra 100 potency etc etc. Id also like to see the need for elemental resists. You could have a vendor set , a duty dungeon set , a raid set, and a Grand Company set ( similiar to what is in place for low content gear). Im a tank I like to crunch numbers and balance Mit vs dps this would add another layer of that for me. Plus we could have cool class specific bonuses like 5 pieces of the Whm set removes the mp cost of holy or 5 pieces of the PLD set adds 15 sec to Fight or flight. I think this would be fun and add more reason to raid and run dungeons for set pieces.

[thegreatonemal]

set bonus are usually dumb and accomplish nothing.

[magnanimousCynic]

My armory is already crying for space, even with the inventory/armory expansion in 4.0 I wouldn't want to handle 4+ sets of gear per class.

I'd rather not have this type of gear system so I wouldn't have to grind several sources of gear along with having to use a simulation site to figure out what's good. It's called Vertical Progression for a good reason.

[Zojha]

set bonus are usually dumb and accomplish nothing.

Correction - they frequently accomplish that you keep worse gear around for the bonus, rather than upgrading.

Used to be pretty common practice at least in WoW, always depending on how desirable the respective boni were. It usually was limited to the tier below the one you had access to however, because after that, you started gimping yourself. Similar applies to trinkets.

As such, I could see them being used as offset to the lower item level of gear to keep it relevant for longer or prevent dead on arrival additions. But that aside? Eeegh.