Unlock crafter & gatherer gear restrictions

[xbahax92]

It's about time to let us use those sets for other jobs and outfits. It's a bummer, they dish out so many new crafter/gatherer glams, but you can't really use them as they're locked to their specific class. Once you swap to another crafter, it's not gonna work. So why bother locking them?

[Willemdarke]

Honestly this.
I legitimately didn't realise crafter artefact sets were a thinh until recently and I've yet to see them being worn out in the world.

The game so heavily encourages you to be an omnicrafter AND level them all at the same time. "Goldsmith identity" (or insert any job here) doesn't exist, if it ever did. Literally, when do you even equip these instead of the best crafted armor, which you make yourself anyway?

They should really open these sets up, at least to be used by all crafters/gatherers for glam.

[Rehayem]

Some gear for weaver and goldsmith are fire, why can't I use them on my battle jobs? lol

[YunBranwen]

This should apply to ALL classes honestly. Take our NPCS for example. Many of them have pieces of gear that belong to these classes that are locked to us.

Stephanivien uses the Blacksmith Bandanna, just with the flames off and the Machnist Attire.

Hilda uses a crafting item as well for her job, don't remember which one it is exactly, and you see more on npcs here and there.

We have means of identifying who is what class. It would unlock a lot of glamour potential to let us use any item in the game!

[SDaemon]

It is essentially the exact same situation as with DoW/M AF gearsets, except DoW/M get a tiny infinitesimal use before you get the very first endgame dungeon set then they fade into obscurity. You can use the DoH/H AF sets if you don't want to craft/buy and pentameld the crafted gear, just no real reason to beyond that. I can't see SE throwing away the restrictions just for DoL/H AF sets on that difference though. Devs care too much about job/class identity to be that flexible with the system.

[xbahax92]

Devs care too much about job/class identity to be that flexible with the system.

Guess we have to point them out to all the Kappa, Mica, Chicken and Pig glamoured people. They're obviously playing the game wrong and destroying the job/class identities.

[YunBranwen]

I am not sure that they care about class identity as much as they are using it as an excuse. Crafters all have the same exact skills and names, only different tools that they hold. Some people hide tools/weapons so they can run around and not care if they are identified as one specific class on sight. There's ways of identifying if you click and look at a person, or if they say something, maybe an icon appears in chat.

[SDaemon]

I am not sure that they care about class identity as much as they are using it as an excuse. Crafters all have the same exact skills and names, only different tools that they hold. Some people hide tools/weapons so they can run around and not care if they are identified as one specific class on sight. There's ways of identifying if you click and look at a person, or if they say something, maybe an icon appears in chat.

An excuse for what though? That they create AF gearsets every expansion for each job/class and lock those sets to the job/class they were designed around tells me they care, far far too much perhaps, about making those sets exclusive to the jobs they designed them for because of their notion of them exemplifying job identity.

I may not agree with the Devs but I don't believe they're making an excuse to cover anything up. They simply care too much about adherence to job identity when it comes to the AF sets instead of letting players actually enjoy them.

[Shinku_Tachi]

An excuse for what though? That they create AF gearsets every expansion for each job/class and lock those sets to the job/class they were designed around tells me they care, far far too much perhaps, about making those sets exclusive to the jobs they designed them for because of their notion of them exemplifying job identity.

I may not agree with the Devs but I don't believe they're making an excuse to cover anything up. They simply care too much about adherence to job identity when it comes to the AF sets instead of letting players actually enjoy them.

I guess the feeling varies from person to person.
There is always the crafted set, until the later seal gear upgrade, if folks want the omni set.

Personally, I'll always go with the omni set for crafters and gathers. With my crafters, I'll always glam on the Artisan's set, because I love the aesthetics. With my gatherers, I always glam on the lvl 50 AF, because I like it showcasing the job identity and I love the aesthetics.

[GrizzlyTank]

Already ongoing discussion in this thread.

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...s-sets/page172