*Peeks out from under the hat on the floor* Three things.
One: The reason why there is a delineation between heavy armor for tanks, medium armor for melee dps, and light armour for magical dps/healers in FF14:ARR is this. Because Yoshi and the Devs say so.
I know we've become a community of "but it's my money, you should do as I say", however, that's still not the case nor will it ever be in the foreseeable future. I'm willing to bet a small pile of gil that this will not change because they do not want to change it and it is their toy that they have built which we are playing with (and paying for the right to play with). While the devs attempt to cater to us as much as possible, they DO have to weigh these things and make choices.
Point number two is in reference to the DnD comparison: I'd like everyone to put on two oven mitts over whichever hand you use most (Yes, both on that hand) and then spend three hours trying to do stuff. This is what Arcane Spell Failure is for, to realistically show that while you have a ten pound metal gauntlet on, you can't make intricate finger motions or accurately pull the right combination of spell materials (Remember: Wizards use component items for spells, while Sorcerers did not hence their different options of armor). While 14 does not reference the use of components when spellcasting as a BLM or THM which nullifies comparison to DnD, I refer you to point 1: The Devs said No.
P.S.: Clerical Spellcasting is through your holy symbol and is more of a "INSERT GOD'S NAME HERE.....DO THIS FOR ME, O MIGHTY ONE" than a "Occulus Reparo." Ergo, could wear armor that was more restricting to movement. Same goes for Paladin.
Three: These tropes came from the middle ages, where scholarly men (Wise Ones aka Wizards) were not warriors and devoted their time to thought instead of physical prowess. As such, they were not accustomed to carrying an extra 30-70 pounds of metal on their person. (The average weight of a newborn child is 7.5 lbs, the range is 5 - 10 lbs) <-- this means that knights, generals, and anyone rich enough to afford expensive plate armour were carrying roughly 5 to 10 newborn children on their personage during wars. Go ahead, try it out for yourself with sacks of flour.
Now, the argument being made for glamouring negates this issue as its an illusion, not actual 70lb plate mail. Again, I refer you to point 1: The Devs said No.
P.S.: The dev team CHOSE to give us a glamour system, they didn't HAVE to.
Cheers.
-Black Hat.
One: The reason why there is a delineation between heavy armor for tanks, medium armor for melee dps, and light armour for magical dps/healers in FF14:ARR is this. Because Yoshi and the Devs say so.
I know we've become a community of "but it's my money, you should do as I say", however, that's still not the case nor will it ever be in the foreseeable future. I'm willing to bet a small pile of gil that this will not change because they do not want to change it and it is their toy that they have built which we are playing with (and paying for the right to play with). While the devs attempt to cater to us as much as possible, they DO have to weigh these things and make choices.
Point number two is in reference to the DnD comparison: I'd like everyone to put on two oven mitts over whichever hand you use most (Yes, both on that hand) and then spend three hours trying to do stuff. This is what Arcane Spell Failure is for, to realistically show that while you have a ten pound metal gauntlet on, you can't make intricate finger motions or accurately pull the right combination of spell materials (Remember: Wizards use component items for spells, while Sorcerers did not hence their different options of armor). While 14 does not reference the use of components when spellcasting as a BLM or THM which nullifies comparison to DnD, I refer you to point 1: The Devs said No.
P.S.: Clerical Spellcasting is through your holy symbol and is more of a "INSERT GOD'S NAME HERE.....DO THIS FOR ME, O MIGHTY ONE" than a "Occulus Reparo." Ergo, could wear armor that was more restricting to movement. Same goes for Paladin.
Three: These tropes came from the middle ages, where scholarly men (Wise Ones aka Wizards) were not warriors and devoted their time to thought instead of physical prowess. As such, they were not accustomed to carrying an extra 30-70 pounds of metal on their person. (The average weight of a newborn child is 7.5 lbs, the range is 5 - 10 lbs) <-- this means that knights, generals, and anyone rich enough to afford expensive plate armour were carrying roughly 5 to 10 newborn children on their personage during wars. Go ahead, try it out for yourself with sacks of flour.
Now, the argument being made for glamouring negates this issue as its an illusion, not actual 70lb plate mail. Again, I refer you to point 1: The Devs said No.
P.S.: The dev team CHOSE to give us a glamour system, they didn't HAVE to.
Cheers.
-Black Hat.
What a colossal waste of time and energy.
