Quote Originally Posted by Hvinire View Post
While you can change equipment during battle, the development team confirmed that the battle system wasn't designed to offer that as an advantage. The purpose of the Armoury Chest and gear sets are simply to facilitate changing gear and additional inventory for gear and were not created to be used as a strategy during battle.
Ah, so it's not a bug that we can swap gear during battle, but it's also not a bug if it has a net disadvantageous effect on combat. I guess we'll see how it works in-game soon enough.