I'm sure there will be some dated stuff floating about in 2.0 still, wish they would hurry up and remove the dated recipes.
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Best reason to wear dated gear is for spiritbond, then convert it to materia once you get current gear.
i would say if you are a low level player than go cheap dated gear, as you will be out growing it in no time.
...except dated gear tends to be more complicated to make. One would expect it to generally be more expensive as a result, is this not the case?
Luckily, dear OP, SE seen the mistake of the original design and why every new set and new recipes are a bit more "obvious" and makes a bit more sense (e.g favors DoW/M/etc.)
Dated recipes are getting removed in 1.22 I believe. So after that it's only a matter of time until all the dated gears get either materia'd or vendored.
I'm sure there will be some people who keep some items though, like for example the pink coatees (since you can't make pink anymore). In 2.0 though you'll be able to dye gears pretty much any color you can think of, so by then there won't really be a need for it anymore.
Technically they don't ever have to remove the recipes for the dated items them selfs. they have already made it impossible to create the components for them. It is already nigh impossible to make some dated stuff. it wont be much longer until it is all impossible to create.
Im keeping my Dated Green Iron Set, to remind me of the good times....and to sell it 5 years down the road when its all but nonexistent. Aeolian Scimitar Onry 5 billions gill peoples gets it while it hawt.