new items are counter productive?

[SkeletonJelly]

To speak specifically to "why are these new weapons class-specific?" - the development team plans to implement a variety of equipment that meets and fulfills all types of needs for the adventurers of Eorzea.

This seems like a weird way to justify it to me. Meets and fulfills all types of needs for adventurers. You know, except those ones who like using their jobs. They have to be content with their AF or wait for different gear to be added.

So by meeting the needs of all adventurers you truly mean, slowly meeting the needs of each niche of players/classes/jobs at a time?

After all, for all of you players spouting about how foolish it is to solo on jobs and how grand it is that this gear is class specific, It's not as though allowing jobs to use the gear would make you any worse at soloing?