New gear is good, some of it is even great like Vara Brigandine, however I would like to point out that some past gear is still better for other jobs such as BLU. The new DEX head for instance is really nice, but at the same time it seems to just be a Oce-1
Bendis's Hairpin
Head
HP-50 DEX+10 AGI+10 Evasion+8
Haste+6%
Lv99 All Jobs
Ocelo. Headpiece
Head
DEF:31 DEX+12 AGI+12 Haste+6%
Adds "Regen" effect Set: "Triple Attack"+3%
LV 95 MNK THF BST RNG NIN BLU COR PUP DNC
In terms of use at least. So to give my opinion on the gear. I love that we are getting more great gear, it shows the same way as it did when we got Bregos, which is great gear as well, however for many jobs the gear from VW & AF3 are still top tier gear, and since we were left out of it, I think that is going to hurt us for a very long time, until something comes along that is better than those, and RDM is allowed to use.