Gear Swap Possible ?

[Ava]

Really this system also takes away from any player uniqueness. I remeber playing FFXI and my friend who invited me on set me up with his LS. They often told me what to wear and what weapons to use. And they could do this because there was a "best for everything". If you were warrior you had to do it one way, but if you played as another job you had to do it another way. If they build the battle system right then it would become possible for people to learn new ways of fighting and finding their, favorite style without creating a "correct" or "incorect" way to do it.

MMORPGs are team games. If you want to be a unique snowflake then stick to other games or shift that mindset over to other things like visual uniqueness. When you're a part of a team, everyone needs to conform to an extent otherwise the team will fail. If you show up to football practice without your gear because you feel your wits will make up for your lack of protection, do you think you'll do well? No, you won't. If you show up to an office job wearing jean shorts and a short sleeve tshirt because you believe your excellent work quality will make up for your lack of appearance, do you think they'll keep you around? Absolutely not.

You can be unique in MMORPGs, but that uniqueness is either while soloing or it's because you're the linkshell leader's best friend and they don't want to hurt your feelings. In order to accomplish things, your leader needs to know what everyone is capable of, and ask people to adjust to fill the gaps. If Mr. Unique wants to be a melee oriented Conjurer but there's simply no room for that in a team environment, then what happens? You either waste a spot or feel crappy because you got kicked. This is not unique to just certain MMOs, it is practically a rule of all MMOs, and team games in general.

There will always be cookie cutter builds and you will always be asked to be them. They are cookie cutter because the people before you put their blood and sweat into figuring out the absolute best spec.