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# Gear Swapping

Aincrad Legacy discourages mid-fight equipment swapping. Your gear is a commitment, not a rotation: **every time you equip a piece of equipment, you suffer a 10-second skill delay** - the same "after cast delay" you get from using a skill, shown the same way on your skill bar.

## How it works

* Equipping any piece of gear - weapon, shield, armor, garment, footgear, headgear or accessory - applies a **10-second cast delay**: no skills until it runs out.
* Swapping again while delayed **restarts the full 10 seconds**. Changing a whole set therefore costs the same as changing one piece, as long as you do it all at once.
* The delay shows on your skill bar exactly like a normal after-cast delay, so you always see how long is left.

## What is still allowed

The delay only stops skill casting. During the 10 seconds you can still:

* **Attack normally** - basic attacks are not affected.
* **Move, use items and interact** as usual.
* **Unequip** gear freely - only equipping triggers the delay.
* Benefit from **auto-cast effects** on your gear - skills that trigger on their own from attacks keep working.

Costume pieces and ammunition never trigger the delay.

## What this means in practice

* **Pick your loadout before engaging.** Swapping to a defensive set mid-fight silences your skills for 10 seconds - sometimes worth it, never free.
* **Swapping between fights is painless.** Out of combat, the delay passes while you walk and regroup.
* **Sets beat piecemeal swapping.** If you must change gear, change everything in one go - the timer restarts on each piece, so spreading a swap out only extends the downtime.


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