question about current armour

Can’t understand what some armour favours....

Dated Bronze Chainmail
Level 12 Favours GLD, ARC, ARM, GSM, ALC, BTN
DEF 25, HP +22, STR +2

Why can't that armour be for Marauder or Lancer?

If my Marauder equipped it, would there be any penalty?

There are many armour like this.

Yes, there would be a big stat penalty for equipping it on a class that it does not favor.

defence would be lowered and you wouldn't get any of the str or hp bonuses

seems so convoluted, why not just only allow those classes to wear it? Are there situations where you would ever wear armour that does not 'favour' your class?

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Originally Posted by Nixius

seems so convoluted, why not just only allow those classes to wear it? Are there situations where you would ever wear armour that does not 'favour' your class?

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its dated, its the old system. penalty's weren't as bad before. the gear is slowly being worked out of the system.

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Originally Posted by syntaxlies

its dated, its the old system. penalty's weren't as bad before. the gear is slowly being worked out of the system.

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Fair enough! I shall avoid it then, thanks ^

Assume that any gear maked Dated will not be in 2.0.

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Originally Posted by syntaxlies

its dated, its the old system. penalty's weren't as bad before. the gear is slowly being worked out of the system.

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This, and sometimes it's easier to carry just one (or a few) set of gear for your various classes rather than gear them separately at every 5 levels

Unless you have a damn good reason, you should never be using dated gear. The newer stuff generally has better stats, is more fair when it comes to classes that can use it, and can use materia.

Is not knowing any better a reason?? Lol... Half of my gear is dated!

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Originally Posted by Holy_Dragoon

Assume that any gear maked Dated will not be in 2.0.

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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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Originally Posted by Odd

Is not knowing any better a reason?? Lol... Half of my gear is dated!

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It is a reason. But it's not a good reason, go replace that crap. Unless it's accessories, which do not have new versions yet. Once 1.21 is out though, there'll be new accessories so you'll have no reason to use dated anything.

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.

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Originally Posted by Urthdigger

...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?

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There is still a lot of dated gear available, especially for lower level stuff. In some cases, there are none of the newer gears available in certain level ranges, so you either have to use new gear far below your level, or a piece of dated gear.

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Originally Posted by Jinko

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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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.

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Originally Posted by Urthdigger

...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?

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Not from what I've noticed, people are using up dated recipes and ingredients and selling at a low price before its worthless and is got rid of.