Same Items With Different Melds is this possible

[Kaurhz]

Where does one find a middle ground when most of the tanks have different SKS tiers to hit, or how about with Crit BLM, which uses most of the same gear RDM/SMN does, but with SPS melds? How about the MNK and SAM sets with different SKS tiers to hit among their shared gear in order to do specific things with their rotation? Or healers general shared gear but different desired substats?

Fact of the matter is that there are very few instances of "middle ground" that works for all the classes in a role, save for maybe Physrange. Meld changes are required for the jobs to function properly. It's a consequence of having an archaic "unique item" system when it's not necessary. This system should be removed as it only serves to limit the playerbase.

Middleground = you make a compromise between the two, that can work between the two. You obviously aren't getting optimal, but the point being you sacrifice Spell speed or Skill Speed where it may not be absolutely necessary and then just adjust the opener, or filler accordingly, or factor your build to hit the necessary skill/spell speed and shaft some extra critical/direct hit, or determination. That's just simply the price you pay for wanting to play across all classes. Let's not forget also using different foods to help. Unless of course, you want to retrieve melds for every single time you desire a class change.

Whether I do, or do not agree with the system itself is an entirely different matter. I'd love something different, but alas this is what we're given.