items are boring..

[Riposte]

there are more than enough to customize your current gear in this early version

There really isn't. Most materia is useless for any one job or class and the few exceptions will fall to the wayside unless someone tries for a 4-meld (on something that doesn't take two spots). Don't forget crafting gear exists to bridge you between raid loot in the first place, anyway (which doesn't make much sense considering most loot is only 5~ item levels apart, but we'll see how that works). I think Gladiator/Paladin is the only class with some real options because of shield mechanics and being melee-casters, but those options will probably make you suck - e.g. DEX, MND, PIE (really, cure for them just sucks lol).