Avoiding Sameyness: Switching Up Certain Gearsets

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Next up on the list is one early into Endwalker, the Manusya set, gained from the Tower of Zot. Granted, it IS a pretty nice-looking set, and the black and purple make it look snazzybut it's a straight color swap of the Bonewicca Set found in the Swallow's Compass with no switch-ups between classes, which, as far as I'm concerned, is a big fat waste.

So, in order to fix that, I suggest borrowing from a few other such gearsets, keeping the 'sweeping, tattered cloth' look going: the Void Ark and Yafaemi sets, the Demon set and hats from the Shadowless and Nomad sets, but don't expect much of either of those here.

So, let's begin. For Fending, there's the Void Ark Healing/Casting set, paired with a skirt ala the Void Ark Fending or Demon's Healing/Casting skirts and rounded out with the Nomad's Maiming hat. Maiming gets a version of the Void Ark Aiming/Scouting set, perhaps also with a skirt and the Yafaemi Striking/Scouting headpiece. For Striking, the switch is to the Yafaemi Fending/Maiming set, paired with a Void Ark Fending skirt and a snazzy Void Ark Aiming/Scouting hat. For Scouting, the set suggested is the Void Ark Striking set, paired with the Yafaemi Maiming headpiece. For Aiming, there's the Yafaemi Scouting/Striking set, switched up with the Void Ark Striking headpiece and the Demon Striking boots and perhaps one of said set's shoulder guards too. For Healing, I'd suggest a simple switch to the Manusya Maiming set, paired with a skirt ala the Demon's Casting/Healing set and the Shadowless Fending set's crowned veil. And finally, for Casting, there's a simple move to the Manusya Aiming set with the Void Ark Fending/Maiming helm.

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And finally, we come to the Ktiseos set, gained from Ktisis Hyperborea, a few dungeons after the abovementioned. Now, I really like what this set does color-wise, as the dark colors and bright silver trim work REALLY well together and improves most every set...but as a PLD main, I'm bummed out that the Fending set is the most boring-looking of the lot, and in general, I'm annoyed that the set is just a no-class-switch recolor of the Shadowless set gained from the Heroes' Gauntlet, whose Fending set DOES look cool.

To solve this, and because I do really want a cool-looking version of this set, I propose we dip into a few different sets to help spice this up while at the same time letting a lot of Ktiseos stuff stay: the Elemental set, the Ronkan set, the Cryptlurker set, the Bonewicca set and various masks from other sets to switch it up a tad.

To start, for Fending, just switch it over to the Ktiseos Maiming set, maybe done up in dark green and silver instead of black and silver, with the Elemental Fending/Maiming set's shoulders and a glowing core on the chest, like the Casting/Healing sets have. For Maiming, in return, they switch over to the Shadowless Scouting set, with a mask that looks like the visor of the Cryptlurker's Elmo. For Striking, they could simply switch over to the Shadowless Aiming set paired with the Alexandrian Fending/Maiming mask. For Scouting, they get the Elemental Fending/Maiming set with the Shadowless Fending skirt, the Shadowless Fending/Maiming set's shoulders and a variation of Phlegethon's Mask. For Aiming, they get make the switch to the Ronkan Healing/Casting set, with a variation of the Scaevan Healing/Casting mask and a glowing chest core, as always. For Healing, they get the Elemental Healing/Casting set in darker colors, minus the high collar and paired with the Cryptlurker's Maiming/Healing/Aiming hooded helm. And for Casting, they get a two-sleeved variation of the Bonewicca Protector set, paired with the Ronkan Casting masked hood.

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Admittedly, most of this comes from a Fending user's standpoint, so odds are I may not have done the other sets as much justice(though I tried to!). If anyone here has suggestions on how to liven it all up, please, feel free to state them!