Quote Originally Posted by Dzian View Post
To be honest though I've always wished there was more individual gear. And less generic shared gear....
I'm in the opposite camp there. And wasn't the more individual last expansion and it became less so with Stormblood?

The more 'individual' it becomes, the harder it is to keep up with more than one job. A lot of people want to be able to be flexible as the needs of their group shift. If your static is on 'boss X' that works well with a WAR and PLD, but boss Y works better with a PLD and DRK... do you tell your buddy that plays WAR to go sit out, and pug in a DRK... or does the WAR just hit the button to change jobs and you start the ready check?

(and you can basically substitute out any other combo there as well - different healers, different DPS, etc... I raid in WoW... and we do have moments where somebody "volunteers", or gets "volunteered"... to log out... and sometimes to just log out and then log back in on an alt... A major point of class flexibility here is to prevent that drama... but that only works if it is realistic for people to be also geared in multiple jobs).

As for gear not fitting a class theme... I'm just going to show up in my Coeurl Bikini glamour anyway... and if you want a glamour that looks very 'Paladin' go get it and use it...
- I'd support the idea of a whole lot of class specific level 1 and 'max level but 0-stat raid dropped' gear, who's only purpose is for glamouring in themes.