I as well have started to give up in this ever happening but wanting it to still happen with all of the areas that even the minor ammo/ranged, neck, ears, back, that they cover as its considered a complete empyrean set into reforged versions and maybe rings, weapons can be a part of the set as well. Maybe Adoulin style augmenting perhaps is another method that could considered being included on to them even after they've gone through there reforged versions, if they ever come out, it would be nice to add still now. Id love to know how much closer there coming along with these even if they still cant say an exact time & date, any news would be great as to know where they are at these even if it was no time announced tid-bits of news on these would be a step forward, I think!? Speaking of weapons, I have yet to see SE come up with a reforged versions of the artifact job weapons which you have to obtain first before you can get the rest of your artifact gear's while those AF-weapons just remain on our moogle storage slips because of no longer in use or no longer useful way before 60-99 even on most all jobs.
{Just a on the Side Note}: I have recently begun to start in stopping my wearing of my blue-mage versions of the empy +2 gears now from not being any closer to hearing about them actually succeeding in being any further with it, even if they were to release small parts of the pieces to the sets, it still would be a step forward even if its at small margins at a time.