Allowing Gear Change in Active Mode

[Dragon]

Because they gave up on changing it. They couldn't take it out because the backlash from the community would ruin everything.

They gave up on changing, so they chose to just exacerbate it even further? I'm not talking about not taking it out. If gear-swap was truly an exploit, don't you think for one second they'd not have released gear that anyone's grandma could realize to be used only for gear-swapping purposes?

^This.

The effort it would have taken to remove gear swapping once they realized people were doing it would have been far too much to do. Instead they just went with it. Obviously, they kicked themselves for making that decision because they intentionally built this game to prevent gear swapping and there was an official communication at some point that flat out stated gear swap will not be a "feature" in XIV.

Gear swap is a nightmare on player inventories.

It is a cheesy way to min/max on the fly and adds absolutely nothing to the enjoyment of the game for regular, non-hardcore gamers. (read: the vast majority of players)

It is also would be a nightmare for the developers to have to take into account when creating future content.

They gave up on changing, so they chose to just exacerbate it even further? I'm not talking about not taking it out. If gear-swap was truly an exploit, don't you think for one second they'd not have released gear that anyone's grandma could realize to be used only for gear-swapping purposes?

[Rydin]

The conclusion indicates that the current system (materia) possesses the same qualities that people want from gear swapping. Maybe the request should be for more uniquely dominant gear instead of asking for a bunch of situational pieces - gear which can have materia stacked on it. We don't need a belt that adds emnity +40 on it - we have the sentinel's plate belt which you can +50 to. If anything, let's expand on an already great system that will appease both sides.

SLightly off topic but I can't wait for the materia system to be fully realized... It has so much potential

[Sagagemini]

SLightly off topic but I can't wait for the materia system to be fully realized... It has so much potential

So much potential on screwing rare/ex items lol.
I hope SE balance things right.

[Rydin]

So much potential on screwing rare/ex items lol.
I hope SE balance things right.

Just made a post about that
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...579#post604579

[Denmo]

So much potential on screwing rare/ex items lol.
I hope SE balance things right.

I think it's balanced as is. It's rare and difficult to get a gear melded with more than 2 materia, let alone 4. If someone accomplishes that on a piece of equipment they like, than yeah, I think it deserves to be a bit more powerful than the rare/ex items the game offers.

[Molly_Millions]

[Isaaru]

oh the irony, I can taste it.

[Molly_Millions]

The topic was dead 6 months before this thread was made. Yep I added to it, but we should let it die.

[CoDeWa]

FFXIV will be fine without it. Was only done so much in ffxi because it was necessary to perform at peek. Lets have that peek be without gear swapping this time. If anything ask for more elemental influenced gameplay like changing your attacks to fire or earth based etc. or skillchains. Fill up those thinking holes with less routine strategy that doesn't waste as many resources as gearswap. Also, blinking sucks.

[Kailea_Nagisa]

I can not believe someone would say people not wanting gear swapping are lazy..... I posted my example of my Dragoon (and to hell if I post my Dancer because it was 5x worse.....) I used gear swap macros because I was pretty much forced to, but I hated it so much.