Leather Wearing Plate Classes and more - BandAid!

[Buzzworth]

In case you hadn't seen... here's the band-aid to make sure you stick to your armor.
 
 

• Astral Leather Specialization - Increases your Intellect by 5% while wearing only Leather armor.
  
• Blessed Plate Specialization - Increases your Intellect by 5% while wearing only Plate armor.
  
• Cloth Specialization - Increases your Intellect by 5% while wearing only Cloth armor.
  
• Defender's Plate Specialization - Increases your Stamina by 5% while wearing only Plate armor.
  
• Dreamer's Leather Specialization - Increases your Intellect by 5% while wearing only Leather armor.
  
• Elemental Mail Specialization - Increases your Intellect by 5% while wearing only Mail armor.
  
• Frozen Plate Specialization - Increases your Strength by 5% while wearing only Plate armor.
  
• Furious Plate Specialization - Increases your Strength by 5% while wearing only Plate armor.
  
• Leather Specialization - Increases your Agility by 5% while wearing only Leather armor.
  
• Mail Specialization - Increases your Agility by 5% while wearing only Mail armor.
  
• Plate Specialization - Increases your Strength by 5% while wearing only Plate armor.
  
• Tribal Mail Specialization - Increases your Intellect by 5% while wearing only Mail armor.
  
• Wild Leather Specialization - Increases your Stamina in Bear Form by 5% while wearing only Leather armor.
  
• Wild Leather Specialization - Increases your Agility in Cat Form by 5% while wearing only Leather armor.

[Narcisissma]

UGH. So much bullshit...

[Buzzworth]

If you can't get itemization right, patch it up!

[Narcisissma]

If they are really gonna do that, they should seriously consider going back to the Sunwell "trade in" system for gear. Sure it was an administrative nightmare, but it did solve a lot of itemization problems without over-inflating loot tables.

[Trada]

Because cloth wearers have so much choice...
 
It's cloth or naked. 
 
(I get the point and it's nice that they didn't forget the clothies, but really...)

[Gildas]

If they are really gonna do that, they should seriously consider going back to the Sunwell "trade in" system for gear. Sure it was an administrative nightmare, but it did solve a lot of itemization problems without over-inflating loot tables.

I did kind of like that system since stuff like healer plate is annoying to see dropping more than once or twice.

[Hanoumatoi]

If you can't get itemization right, patch it up!

Well, it's pretty much impossible to "get itemization right", when you have so many different caster classes/specs.  You'd have to make sure that all of them need a different stat, which just sounds gimmicky.