Allowing Gear Change in Active Mode

[Mychael]

I just want to jump in this thread to say that, if they want to avoid threads like these, it would be nice to see some more gear that balances a little of everything a class needs. Some of the AF pieces look more-or-less like "macro pieces"--for example, switching into BLM AF hat just to use Convert. -recast on Convert is extremely nice, but doesn't mean I'd be willing to sacrifice my overall DD for it. Or switching into a lot of crit potency gear (since you can rack up up quite a bit with gear, across many slots) to use Excruciate...

Someone earlier asked "Do you see them doing it" with regard to mages changing gear in combat--and no, you don't. That's not because they don't want to, but because some real sh*t could go down in the 5-10 seconds I spend blinking in/out 8 times and being rooted for a bit every couple seconds.

I guess what I'm saying is that there needs to be more definitive "Best in slot" gear if we're not going to be able to swap. If SE doesn't want me to have an enhancing set and healing set, then make me pieces that enhance both enhancing and enfeebling.

*EDIT:* Just to clarify--I'm not saying make a single piece that has the highest number of all stats, or put all stats on all pieces. But that I'd rather have a balanced piece than either a focus on stat A or stat B, which does encourage having multiple sets.