Allowing Gear Change in Active Mode

[Arcell]

Surprised no one quoted this yet, but they did answer this question nearly a year ago.

Spoke with Battle Master Matsui to get the lowdown on the whole gear swapping question that's got you all buzzin'. In regards to swapping gear while in battle, since changing certain gear while in battle will change your class in FFXIV, we're not planning to make it possible to swap gear in battle. This direction will not change in the future.

We are focusing instead on making adjustments with the battle-related fixes to ensure that you can battle to your utmost ability without having to rely on changing gear multiple times mid-fight.

Here's the link to the quote.

^ I think that's a pretty definite no.

I feel like this needs to be re-stated. They've already said it's not going to happen.

[Molly_Millions]

I feel like this needs to be re-stated. They've already said it's not going to happen.

Yep, and it shouldn't happen. It was allowed in XI due to poor design choices, which is something the devs are trying to avoid.

[Arcell]

Yep, and it shouldn't happen. It was allowed in XI due to poor design choices, which is something the devs are trying to avoid.

Yep. Also I bet if it was never in XI and the devs suggested adding it here for the first time, it would receive a horrible reception from players as an obnoxiously stupid system that makes things needlessly complex.