Same Items With Different Melds is this possible

[Blue_Haze]

I don't wanna start a conflict, but what I mean is it really hard for SE To implement a system where you can have the same Gear With different Melds, Changing between Materia Every single time Can be really really expensive. I really hope that SE can put a system where you can have the Same Gear with different melds. idk why I made this post **But**, I feel it can be a really good addition to the FFxiv Melding system

[Kaurhz]

I don't wanna start a conflict, but what I mean is it really hard for SE To implement a system where you can have the same Gear With different Melds, Changing between Materia Every single time Can be really really expensive. I really hope that SE can put a system where you can have the Same Gear with different melds. idk why I made this post **But**, I feel it can be a really good addition to the FFxiv Melding system

It would be a great addition in all lengths of the game, including that of crafting and gathering seeing as many niche efficient rotations require very specialist/niche builds. As for the technicality of it, to put it into perspective we only got glamour plates in 4.2, and still no word of that being extended to be out of major cities and housing zones. So that probably gives you a bit of an idea, since it would probably be similar to what this feature would be(?). I would argue it's very possible to see it as a QoL in the very distant future.

[MariaArvana]

I don't wanna start a conflict, but what I mean is it really hard for SE To implement a system where you can have the same Gear With different Melds

To be technical, yes. Not for actual difficulty, but because of time.

Upending a system so deeply rooted into the foundation coding of the game as how item data is structured is not a simple feat as it can spiral and cascade into countless other issues that use the item structure coding. Given the amount of stuff they have to develop every 3.5-4 months on their patch cycles, it's most likely not a risk they're willing to dive into unless its purely as a side-project to be done in the small scraps of time they have between patch cycles. And if they're going to tackle a huge project like this, they're much more likely to tackle something that the playerbase has far more outcry for, like a re-worked glamour system.

TL : DR, they'd have to alter and change coding extremely fundamentally built into the foundation of the game, a project they're not going to take on lightly (if at all), and something that would take a long time to develop. So don't get your hopes up.

[Blue_Haze]

To be technical, yes. Not for actual difficulty, but because of time.

Upending a system so deeply rooted into the foundation coding of the game as how item data is structured is not a simple feat as it can spiral and cascade into countless other issues that use the item structure coding. Given the amount of stuff they have to develop every 3.5-4 months on their patch cycles, it's most likely not a risk they're willing to dive into unless its purely as a side-project to be done in the small scraps of time they have between patch cycles. And if they're going to tackle a huge project like this, they're much more likely to tackle something that the playerbase has far more outcry for, like a re-worked glamour system.

TL : DR, they'd have to alter and change coding extremely fundamentally built into the foundation of the game, a project they're not going to take on lightly (if at all), and something that would take a long time to develop. So don't get your hopes up.

I mean I love the game the way it is But, There are So many ideas that this game can Use. Hopefully we see some bright ideas added to the game once all of this COVID-19 Ends. thank you for your answer <3