Job-Specific (Artifact) Gear

[Jinrya-Geki]

I am hoping the Materia system does not wreck the Job-specific when it comes out. One thing I am hoping for is one of two things.

1. Traits that materia can't top such as (Example: Red Wizard :P shut up you knew it was coming!)

Black Mage gloves could have: Intelligence +5 Magic Attack +5 Spell cost rate -25%

Some traits like that, materia doesn't have any type that can do that.

2. Full-Set Bonus: Under the effect of wearing all of a job-specific gear you get an awesome bonus.

Paladin's with a full set of job-specific gear on should get: -25% Damage Reduction.

Personally I would love both, but if I had to chose one? I'd go with Full-set Bonus. I like matching sets of armor. Maybe we could put atleast one materia into it as well, like some people have already suggested?

[Okunbunu]

I really hope so too - as cool as materia is - the stats are a little absurd and make a lottttttttt of gear in the game pointless

[SniperRifle]

Another piece of my heart will die if they manage to screw up JSA gear.

[Jinrya-Geki]

Which is why I am praying for something amazing on the gear. It looks awesome, hopefully the stats are as great as they look.

[KitCat]

I agree. If you can't put materia in it there's pretty much no point to wearing it :/ Ifrit weapons aside. Looking forward to AF so I hope they don't make it worthless.

[Brannigan]

Maybe it'll have materia slots heh (nope :*( )

[redmage]

I'm hoping for Full-Set Bonus as well!

[Altanas]

my concern is when I get job gear will I ever bother with other gear again? will i bother with materia?
i dont see how Artifact gear and Materia can coexist. I'm so confused and don't know if I should be grinding materia at all now.

[Alkoun]

I vote yes to full set bonus, no to materia slots.

[SeraviEdalborez]

Taking XI as an example, some sets were great, some had a couple good pieces, others were pretty terrible.

For BLM for example, you can only get INT on legs, head, and weapons via materia. Other slots have little-to-nothing (except some ok bodies). Bonuses unique to the slot are enough to warrant use over materia. VIT on PLD head, heal potency on WHM body are other possibilities. Unique effects and set bonuses wouldn't be bad either, but unique-to-slot seems more likely.