AF gear - handed to you for dinging 45/50

[Cabalabob]

it makes any gear from 45-50 from those dungeons and quests useless, thats what I don't like, if they at least made it 1 every lvl from 45-50 it would at least make the 45-50 gear useless.

This isn't true, you can't wear AF on your classes only your jobs, the gear in dungeons is so you can keep your class up to speed.

[ChickensEvil]

This isn't true, you can't wear AF on your classes only your jobs, the gear in dungeons is so you can keep your class up to speed.

Wait, what? If you are playing as your base class for any content past 30 you are doing it wrong. Get rid of that GLD preset, you should only be running around as a PLD. The only possible exception to this, is running around the world doing solo content since the argument can be made that you can pull from more cross class abilities that way. But even then, I have yet to face solo content that wasn't completely doable as my Job (and I am a squishy BLM... you just stand there an lol at their damage and even have a heal if the situation gets really dire)

[Cabalabob]

Wait, what? If you are playing as your base class for any content past 30 you are doing it wrong. Get rid of that GLD preset, you should only be running around as a PLD. The only possible exception to this, is running around the world doing solo content since the argument can be made that you can pull from more cross class abilities that way. But even then, I have yet to face solo content that wasn't completely doable as my Job (and I am a squishy BLM... you just stand there an lol at their damage and even have a heal if the situation gets really dire)

Up until I got spirits within I still used my class for leves and side quests, sword oath is rubbish and I lose access to damage buffs such as raging strikes and I lose access to feint for slow. Sure I got AF at the same time as spirits within but my point is sometimes the class can still shine over the job when you're on your own and in circumstances like that which might occur from 45-50 you'll need gear for your class and AF can't be that gear. Besides you have to consider it from a design point of view. The devs can't go "oh no one will use their class from 45-50! Lets not make any gear for them at that level!". Regardless of if we use it or not it can't be disregarded for gear.

So the point of the gear from 45-50 is for classes. Which makes it untrue that AF gear obsoletes all 45-50 gear. Regardless of if people use the classes or not.