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I think this is one of the biggest issues in the game and with TU11 arriving there needs to be something done urgently to address the issue , If the devs were to come out and say we will give you an extra 300 gear space for $$$,
I would rip out the credit card straight away as like most players you never know which way the meta will move with every update , another way to help the issue would be a gear mod library system like we already have with gear attributes.