Matching Set Bonus's

[Manticore]

Star Wars has a neat system where you can match all gear colors to whatever your chest color is. They also have lots of "blank" sets of armor that you put your stats into by extracting them from other pieces of gear, so you can make a low level set that you like the look of, the equivalent to a high level endgame set. It's great for those that don't like to look silly with all different pieces of gear.

[AmyNeudaiz]

What is so bad for looking like this? Awesomeness doesn't need matching colour, your enemies will be cower in fear by the sight of rainbow colour. Making everyone look the same would be what bad.

At least the armor itself looks like it belongs together.

[Isaaru]

I like how the OP assumes if a person has a darklight body then they have the rest of the gear as well. I'm all for set bonuses, but not because of the OP's reasoning.

[Viritess]

I'll just point to the vanity slots thread linked in my signature...

I'll second his point with a double point \ ^^ /

And direct link via his signiture. http://tinyurl.com/6qe3csl

I do like the idea of set bonuses, but a Vanity slot system would help the very issue minus the need to either rework current armor, or gimp upcoming set's base stats because the total set bonus would be "overpowered", so to speak.

[Nix]

WoW had a good idea with the transmogrification, how about something like that?

@Manticore -- I loved that system!

[Duelle]

I'll second his point with a double point \ ^^ /

And direct link via his signiture. http://tinyurl.com/6qe3csl

I'm sure Buttons will appreciate any support he can get for his thread.

I do like the idea of set bonuses, but a Vanity slot system would help the very issue minus the need to either rework current armor, or gimp upcoming set's base stats because the total set bonus would be "overpowered", so to speak.

Well, I guess another way to look at it is that set bonuses have to be significant to be worth it. WoW eventually decided to have set bonuses that were major changes to the way you played your spec. Some of the bonuses on the AF pieces try to go in this direction, but foregoing using them as set bonuses.

What set bonuses allow in theory is more leeway when itemizing gear without these super bonuses eating away at the item budget. If the "Recover MP through Cover" from the PLD AF chest was a 2-piece set bonus, you could then put more +enmity or some other stat on that chest piece, for example.

[AmyNeudaiz]

I like how the OP assumes if a person has a darklight body then they have the rest of the gear as well. I'm all for set bonuses, but not because of the OP's reasoning.

I never assumed anything.

[Isaaru]

One of the good things about FF is that it looks good and things stop looking good when you see people wearing mismatched things like Felt Bracers with a Darklight Cuirass, Explorers Boots, AF pants and a Militia Helm (/display on) on a WAR or other really off variations constantly. (And yes, I actually saw that. It nearly made me cry in pain.)

how can they match DL body with other DL stuff if they don't have it?

[indira]

so you hate people that gear up properly to beat a content?

if your really good you dont need to be "properly" geared, just in the ball park.

[AmyNeudaiz]

how can they match DL body with other DL stuff if they don't have it?

That was an example, dude. Cool your jets.
But for your answer; they simply don't.