What we're trying to say is:

You shouldn't have to change your pants in the middle of a fight to be "100% effective", it is just a broken game mechanic left over from a game (that shall not be named) that some refuse to let go.

I am not trying to be insulting but it just elitist nonsense. "Omygawd you could be doing 10 more damage a cast if you swiched gear back and fourth every cast! Stop sucking" (this is the part where some pro-gearswapper tells me how it REALLY made a huge difference. )

Regardless, gear was never meant to work like that, it is meant to be about "trade offs".